Imperial couple to visit Palau to console souls of war dead

Imperial couple to visit Palau to console souls of war dead

Photo taken on March 24, 2015, from a helicopter chartered by Kyodo News shows the recently repaired cenotaph on Peleliu Island, Palau, where the Japanese imperial couple will visit from April 8 to lay flowers and offer a silent prayer to the soldiers who died there during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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