THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 23, 2023 at 19:15 JST
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki, left, and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, during the Okinawa Memorial Day ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23 (Tetsuro Takehana)
NAHA--Okinawa Prefecture on June 23 marked its 78th Memorial Day to honor the victims of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. [Read More]
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