By YASUHIKO SHIMA/ Senior Staff Writer
July 9, 2025 at 18:14 JST
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako bow at a memorial near Ulan Bator on July 8. The memorial honors Japanese who died in Soviet detention in Mongolia after Japan’s defeat in 1945. (Pool)
ULAN BATOR—During their official visit to Mongolia, Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited a memorial on the outskirts of the capital on July 8 to pay tribute to approximately 1,700 Japanese who died in detention there following World War II. [Read More]
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