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August 15, 2021 at 18:49 JST
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako offer a minute of silent prayer to pay tribute to the nation's war dead during a ceremony held Aug. 15 at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward. (Pool)
Japan on Aug. 15 paid tribute to its war dead in a government ceremony in Tokyo marking the 76th anniversary of the country's surrender in World War II by significantly scaling back the number of attendees due to the novel coronavirus pandemic raging in the capital and elsewhere. [Read More]
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