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Niece of Japanese POW visits his grave in Australia

COWRA, Australia - Yasuko Hayashi (R), a niece of Michiaki Wakaomi who died of illness in 1945 as a prisoner of war in Australia, visits his grave at the Japanese War Cemetery in Cowra, eastern Australia, with her husband on Aug. 5, 2014, following the confirmation of Wakaomi's grave earlier this year.

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70th anniv. of Cowra Breakout in Australia

COWRA, Australia - Teruo Murakami, a 93-year-old former Japanese soldier who took part in a massive breakout from a prisoner of war camp in Cowra, Australia, in 1944 during World War II, meets students at Cowra High School during an event marking the incident's 70th anniversary.

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Ex-POW, Aussie mayor meet on 70th anniv. of prison break

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Mayor Bill West of Cowra (R), Australia, and former Japanese prisoner of war Teruo Murakami (L) meet reporters in Hiroshima, western Japan, on April 17, 2014, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of a prison break. A large number of Japanese POWs attempted to escape from their camp in Cowra in August 1944, which resulted in the deaths of more than 230 people.

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Memorial service for WWII Japanese internees in Australia

COWRA, Australia - Miyoko Watanabe (R, middle row) and others pray during a memorial service on March 9, 2014, for Japanese nationals interned as enemy aliens in Cowra, eastern Australia, during World War II.

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Memorial service for WWII Japanese internees in Australia

COWRA, Australia - A participant in a memorial service for Japanese nationals interned as enemy aliens in Cowra, eastern Australia, during World War II reads a panel explaining the history of the internment on March 9, 2014.

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Memorial service for WWII Japanese internees in Australia

COWRA, Australia - Representatives from Japan and Australia offer flower wreaths during a memorial service on March 9, 2014, for Japanese nationals interned as enemy aliens in Cowra, eastern Australia, during World War II.

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(2)Australian town marks 60th anniversary of Japanese POW breakout

COWRA, Australia - With a lantern in hand, citizens of Cowra, Australia, parade on Aug. 4 as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations marking the biggest and bloodiest prisoner of war breakout in World War II in the New South Wales town, that had ended in the death of 234 Japanese and five Australians.

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(1)Australian town marks 60th anniversary of Japanese POW breakout

COWRA, Australia - (From L to R) Marekuni Takahara, Masami Yamada and Teruo Murakami, Japanese World War II prisoners of war now in their 80s, pose for photos during the 60th anniversary celebrations marking the POW breakout in the New South Wales town of Cowra on Aug. 4.

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Niece of deceased Japanese POW seeks to recover remains in Australia

Yasuko Hayashi (R), a niece of Michiaki Wakaomi who died of illness in 1945 as a prisoner of war in Australia, and her husband lay flowers at Wakaomi's grave at the Japanese War Cemetery in Cowra, eastern Australia, in this file photo taken on Aug. 5, 2014. Procedures are expected to begin in early March 2015 to retrieve part of his remains from the grave upon Hayashi's request to bring them back to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese POW's bereaved family reads sutra at Aussie cemetery

Priest Hiromichi Wakaomi (C), a relative of deceased Japanese prisoner of war Michiaki Wakaomi, and others concerned recite a sutra in front of an urn containing Michiaki's exhumed ashes and a grave marker at a cemetery for Japanese soldiers in Cowra, eastern Australia, on Sept. 11, 2015. Over 230 Japanese POWs were killed in a prison break in Cowra in 1944. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japan POW's ashes found in Australia returned

Yasuko Hayashi (C), niece of deceased Japanese prisoner of war Michiaki Wakaomi, offers prayer to his ashes at a cemetery for Japanese soldiers in Cowra, eastern Australia, on Sept. 11, 2015. The ashes, dug out at the cemetery earlier, were returned to Hayashi for the first such return to a bereaved family. A total of 231 Japanese prisoners were killed in a prison break in Cowra in 1944. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cowra mayor permits exhumation of ex-Japanese POW's ashes

Cowra Mayor Bill West speaks in an interview in the eastern Australian city on Sept. 10, 2015. He said he understands bereaved Japanese family members' feelings and allowed the exhumation of the ashes the following day of Michiaki Wakaomi, one of the 231 Japanese prisoners of war killed in the 1944 Cowra prison break. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Work to retrieve Japanese remains conducted in Australia

A worker digs at the Japanese War Cemetery in Cowra, eastern Australia, on Sept. 11, 2015, to retrieve the remains of Michiaki Wakaomi who died there as a prisoner of war in 1945. Yasuko Hayashi (far L), a niece of Wakaomi, and his relative Hiromichi Wakaomi (3rd from L) were also present. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Australians offer flowers to commemorate Cowra breakout victims

Flowers are offered to commemorate the victims of the 1944 Cowra breakout incident at a detention camp site in Cowra, eastern Australia, on Aug. 5, 2015. Two hundred and thirty one Japanese prisoners of war, housed in the detention camp in New South Wales, were killed along with four Australians as the prisoners staged a massive breakout. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan envoy, Cowra mayor lay flowers at Japanese cemetery

Japanese Ambassador to Australia Sumio Kusaka (L) and Cowra Mayor Bill West jointly pay floral tribute to dead Japanese prisoners of war at the Japanese cemetery in Cowra, eastern Australia, on Aug. 5, 2015, 71 years after the prison breakout that resulted in the death of 231 Japanese prisoners. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)Australian town marks 60th anniversary of Japanese POW breako

COWRA, Australia - With a lantern in hand, citizens of Cowra, Australia, parade on Aug. 4 as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations marking the biggest and bloodiest prisoner of war breakout in World War II in the New South Wales town, that had ended in the death of 234 Japanese and five Australians. (Kyodo)

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(1)Australian town marks 60th anniversary of Japanese POW breako

COWRA, Australia - (From L to R) Marekuni Takahara, Masami Yamada and Teruo Murakami, Japanese World War II prisoners of war now in their 80s, pose for photos during the 60th anniversary celebrations marking the POW breakout in the New South Wales town of Cowra on Aug. 4. (Kyodo)