Aso in WWII memorial ceremony

Aso in WWII memorial ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso delivers a speech during the government-organized Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead at the Nippon Budokan gymnasium in Tokyo on Aug. 15 to commemorate the 64th anniversary of the end of World War II. ''We must pass the lessons to the next generation,'' Aso said.

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