Koizumi attends ceremony to mark end of Battle of Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) views the Cornerstone of Peace in the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa on June 23 before attending a ceremony to mark the 56th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. The names of 238,161 dead, including U.S. and South Korean nationals, are inscribed on the monument.

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