By MIKA KUNIYOSHI/ Staff Writer
June 23, 2021 at 19:04 JST
Miharu Uehara, a junior high school student in Miyakojima island in Okinawa Prefecture, recites an original poem she composed during a memorial service to remember victims of the Battle of Okinawa 76 years ago. (Nobuo Fujiwara)
ITOMAN, Okinawa Prefecture--A memorial service held at the Peace Memorial Park here on June 23 paid tribute to the more than 200,000 Japanese and U.S. casualties from the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. [Read More]
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