Japanese woman prays in front of grave marker in N. Korea

Japanese woman prays in front of grave marker in N. Korea

Naoko Watanabe, a Japanese woman whose aunt died in an area of the Korean Peninsula currently located in North Korea during the chaos at the end of World War II, prays in front of a grave marker in Pyongyang on Aug. 16, 2015. She was a member of a six-person Japanese party visiting the cemetery in North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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