Funeral held for empress dowager

Funeral held for empress dowager

TOKYO, Japan - A hearse carrying the coffin of Empress Dowager Nagako arrives at the Toshimagaoka imperial cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on July 25 for a Shinto-style funeral ceremony. The empress dowager, widow of Emperor Hirohito, died of old age June 16 at 97.

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