Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A group of Japanese hold a Buddhist memorial service at a site where the ashes of their relatives are possibly buried, near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

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