By CHIFUMI SHINYA/ Staff Writer
August 20, 2020 at 07:10 JST
Chieko Sugimoto reflects on her life in wartime Japan and says, “Love was forbidden back then.” This photo was taken in July in her hometown, Koka, Shiga Prefecture. (Chifumi Shinya)
KOKA, Shiga Prefecture--At three years shy of turning 100 years old, Chieko Sugimoto is not easily flummoxed, but nothing could have prepared her emotionally for a recent discovery by her granddaughter. [Read More]
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