Returning to Japan after visit to N. Korea burial sites

Returning to Japan after visit to N. Korea burial sites

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A group of Japanese nationals arrive at Pyongyang's international airport on Oct. 30, 2012, to return to Japan via Beijing after visiting sites believed to contain the remains of their relatives who died around the end of World War II in what is now North Korea.

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