Prayers at Chidorigafuchi cemetery for unknown soldiers

Prayers at Chidorigafuchi cemetery for unknown soldiers

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda offers flowers at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on Aug. 15 to honor the Japanese war-dead on the 63rd anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II. The cemetery is dedicated to unknown Japanese soldiers who died abroad during the war.

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