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Japanese PM Abe visits theatre in Uzbek capital

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (center R) and his wife Akie (center L) leave the Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theatre in Tashkent after viewing a concert on Oct. 25, 2015, during Abe's five-nation tour of Central Asia. Several hundred Japanese prisoners of war were transferred to the Uzbek capital and took part in the finishing stages of the theatre's construction work in 1945-47. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe to visit theater built by Japanese detainees

Photo taken June 19, 2015, shows Navoi Theater in Tashkent. Japanese detainees following the end of World War II were involved in its construction, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to visit it during his trip in late October to five Central Asian countries -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Plate on Uzbek theater's wall notes Japanese POWs' building work

A metal plate on the outer wall of the Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Theater in Tashkent, pictured on Dec. 22, 2013, says the national theater of Uzbekistan was built by Japanese prisoners after the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo