Okinawan singer performs song mourning WWII victims in dialect

Okinawan singer performs song mourning WWII victims in dialect

Singer Ayano Uema from Okinawa, southwestern Japan, performs "Satokibi Batake" (Sugarcane Field), a hit song commemorating those who died in the Battle of Okinawa toward the end of World War II, in her local dialect in Tokyo on Aug. 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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