Peace Memorial Park in Okinawa

Peace Memorial Park in Okinawa

People put their hands together and pray at the Peace Memorial Park in the Okinawa city of Itoman, in front of the Cornerstone of Peace memorial, which bears the names of more than 237,000 people who died in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II, on June 22, 2017, ahead of the Okinawa Memorial Day the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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