N. Korea trip for remains retrieval to be granted

BEIJING, China - File photo taken in June 2012 shows land in Pyongyang that was unveiled by North Korea and is considered to be a burial ground for Japanese people. The Japanese government is set to grant exceptional permission to allow five members of a civic group aiming to retrieve the remains of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea during and after World War II to travel to the North from Aug. 28, 2012, government sources said on Aug. 23.

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