Japanese 'war orphans' returning to China

NARITA, Japan - A visiting group of war-displaced Japanese from China wave goodbye before boarding a flight to China at Narita airport on Nov. 16. The group of 20 arrived in Tokyo on Nov. 1 and searched for their Japanese relatives but only one of them succeeded in locating lost kin.

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