Memorial service held for Japanese war dead in Russia's Far East

Memorial service held for Japanese war dead in Russia's Far East

Toshiei Mizuochi, a Japanese upper house member and head of the Japan War-Bereaved Families Association, pays floral tribute during a memorial service for Japanese World War II soldiers in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Russia's Far Eastern island of Sakhalin on Nov. 11, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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