By SHOGO MITSUZUMI/ Staff Writer
June 24, 2022 at 18:00 JST
People observe a moment of silence at noon at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23. (Shinnosuke Ito)
ITOMAN, Okinawa Prefecture--People in Japan’s southernmost prefecture paid tribute on June 23, Okinawa Memorial Day, to the victims of the bloody ground battles that stained the soil here in the final months of World War II. [Read More]
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