War-displaced Japanese from Palau visits mother's grave

War-displaced Japanese from Palau visits mother's grave

OTARU, Japan - Kimiko Jose, a 63-year-old war-displaced woman left behind in Palau by her Japanese mother toward the close of World War II, wipes tears during her first visit to her mother's grave in Otaru, Hokkaido, on July 19.

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