U.S.-born woman looking for relatives of Japanese flag owner

AOMORI, Japan - U.S.-born Amy Yamamichi, a coordinator for international relations at Mutsu City Hall, holds a Japanese flag on which some 40 people's names are written, in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, in September 2014. She hopes to return the flag which must have been carried during WWII and was once held by her late grandfather to relatives of the original owner.

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