Visit to N. Korea burial site

Visit to N. Korea burial site

CHONGJIN, North Korea - Sampei Asano (L front) on June 16, 2013, stands at a farm in Komusan, north of Chongjin in northeastern North Korea, a site believed to contain the remains of Japanese soldiers and civilians who lost their lives in what is now North Korea around the end of World War II. Asano's elder brother Nishihide is thought to have died from malnutrition at a prison camp in Komusan.

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