Chinese museum demands return of stones from Japanese tower

Chinese museum demands return of stones from Japanese tower

Photo taken on Oct. 5, 2015, shows one of three cornerstones used for the Peace Tower in the city of Miyazaki, southern Japan. A private anti-Japanese war museum in Nanjing, China, has asked the Miyazaki prefectural government to return the cornerstones to the country. The tower was built with stones collected in Japan and abroad in 1940 during the second Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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