Museum honoring ex-wartime straggler Shoichi Yokoi opens

Museum honoring ex-wartime straggler Shoichi Yokoi opens

NAGOYA, Japan - Mihoko Yokoi, widow of Shoichi Yokoi, a former Japanese soldier who spent over 26 years in the jungles of Guam without knowing World War II had ended, stands inside a recreated cave in a museum in Nagoya's Nakagawa Ward on June 24. Shoichi Yokoi, who returned to Japan in 1972, spent most of his time in such a cave. (Kyodo)

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