Memorial service for 3 sunken ships off Hokkaido in 1945

Memorial service for 3 sunken ships off Hokkaido in 1945

Candles are lit on a beach in Rumoi, Hokkaido, on Aug. 16, 2025, in memory of about 1,700 victims of the Aug. 22, 1945 sinking of three Japanese civilian transport ships by Soviet submarines off the northern Japan city a week after Japan's surrender in World War II.

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