Abe attends memorial service for 70th anniv. of WWII Tokyo air raid

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walks toward the altar to offer incense at a memorial service on March 10, 2015, at the Tokyo Memorial Hall in the Japanese capital marking the 70th anniversary of the Great Tokyo Air Raid that killed some 100,000 people in the closing days of World War II. (Pool photo by Jiji Press) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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