By AKIKO TADA/ Staff Writer
May 1, 2023 at 17:13 JST
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako talk with a family member of someone who died in the Battle of Okinawa, after laying flowers and offering prayers at the national cemetery for the war dead in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 22. (Hiroyuki Yamamoto)
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