Remains of itinerant Edo-period Japanese to return to Japan

Remains of itinerant Edo-period Japanese to return to Japan

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese participants offer flowers during a ceremony at the Japanese Cemetery in Singapore on Feb. 18. The ceremony was held to return to Japan partial remains of Yamamoto Otokichi, an early 19th century Japanese sailor who became the first Japanese to reside in Singapore.

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