Japanese "war orphans" visit tombs of Chinese foster parents in Harbin

Japanese "war orphans" visit tombs of Chinese foster parents in Harbin

HARBIN, July 16 Kyodo - A group of about 30 Japanese "war orphans" and their family members visit tombs honoring their foster parents in suburban Harbin in the northeastern Chinese Province of Heilongjiang Province on July 13, 2015. The visitors, who got separated from their parents toward the end of World War II and later returned to Japan, traveled to Beijing on July 14 for a meeting with a high-ranking Chinese Communist Party official.

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