By NAONORI NAKAMURA/ Staff Writer
January 22, 2023 at 07:10 JST
A wooden tag believed to have been attached to a package sent by the father of Morihiro Murota when he was stationed on Iwojima island, as well as cases containing sand from the island, are shown at Kanuma City Hall in Tochigi Prefecture on Dec. 20. (Naonori Nakamura)
KANUMA, Tochigi Prefecture--A shipping tag addressed to a Japanese soldier killed in the Battle of Iwojima was returned to a bereaved family member 77 years after World War II. [Read More]
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