Draft report on Japanese soldiers' remains

MANILA, Philippines - Photo shows draft documents of investigation report prepared by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the remains search project for Japanese soldiers who died in World War II in the Philippines. It was learned Sept. 25, 2011, that bones of women and children who died long after the war are suspected to have become mixed with the collected remains of the purported soldiers, according to the draft report and sources close to the Japanese and the Philippines governments.

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