Okinawa man prays at site of kin's WWII deaths on 70th anniversary

Fumio Shimabukuro prays in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 23, 2015, at a place where his mother and grandfather died during U.S. air raids in the closing days of World War II. The day marked the 70th anniversary of the end of ground battles in Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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