Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

ULAN-UDE, Russia, May 29 Kyodo - Monks and other participants release balloons into the air at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Buryatiya, Eastern Siberia, on May 28, 2017, as a gesture of prayer for Japan-Russia friendship. A memorial service was held at the monastery the same day in honor of postwar Japanese detainees who died in the republic. In the wake of Japan's defeat in World War II in August 1945, over 10,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians were taken to and detained in Buryatiya by the Soviet Union, of whom 785 died there.

Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

Monks and other participants release balloons into the air at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Buryatiya, Eastern Siberia, on May 28, 2017, as a gesture of prayer for Japan-Russia friendship. A memorial service was held at the monastery the same day in honor of postwar Japanese detainees who died in the republic. In the wake of Japan's defeat in World War II in August 1945, over 10,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians were taken to and detained in Buryatiya by the Soviet Union, of whom 785 died there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

A total of 785 candles are lit and displayed during a memorial service at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Buryatiya, Eastern Siberia, on May 28, 2017, in honor of each of the postwar Japanese detainees who died in the republic. In the wake of Japan's defeat in World War II in August 1945, over 10,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians were taken to and detained in Buryatiya by the Soviet Union, of whom 785 died there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

Monks recite prayers during a memorial service at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Buryatiya, Eastern Siberia, on May 28, 2017, to honor postwar Japanese detainees who died in the republic. In the wake of Japan's defeat in World War II in August 1945, over 10,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians were taken to and detained in Buryatiya by the Soviet Union, of whom 785 died there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo