Japanese war veteran heads to Ukraine after 1st visit in 63 years

NARITA, Japan - Ishinosuke Uwano, a former Japanese Imperial Army solider, who had a dramatic family reunion in his hometown in Iwate Prefecture for the first time since he went missing in Sakhalin after the end of World War II, speaks to reporters at Narita airport prior to heading back to Ukraine on April 28.

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