By SHOGO MITSUZUMI/ Staff Writer
May 6, 2021 at 07:10 JST
Yoshiko Shimabukuro, a former member of the Himeyuri Student Corps, speaks during an online interview at the renovated Himeyuri Peace Museum in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 11. (Minako Yoshimoto)
ITOMAN, Okinawa Prefecture--A large painting of girls chatting and walking to the school gate through lush green leaves greets visitors at a renovated museum dedicated to female student nurses mobilized during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. [Read More]
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