Fukuda vows to lessen Okinawa burden on 63rd anniversary of battle

Fukuda vows to lessen Okinawa burden on 63rd anniversary of battle

ITOMAN, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda offers flowers during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in the city of Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23 to mark the 63rd anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in the closing stages of World War II.

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