Daughter of war dead to visit Palau to witness Japan emperor's visit

Kyoko Tanaka (R) and her husband Yasukuni look in Rokunohe, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on April 4, 2015, at photos of Imperial Japanese Army tanks abandoned on Peleliu Island in the western Pacific republic of Palau in World War II. Tanaka, whose father Shoichi died in battle on Peleliu in September 1944, but whose remains have never been returned, plans to travel to Palau on the occasion of a visit there by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko from April 8 to mourn the war dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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