N. Korean site believed to contain remains of Japanese

N. Korean site believed to contain remains of Japanese

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A man returns remains unearthed at a site on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2012, believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II. North Korea showed the Ryongsan Cemetery site to Kyodo News and other Japanese news organizations.

N. Korean site believed to contain remains of Japanese

N. Korean site believed to contain remains of Japanese

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Men dig at a site on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2012, believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II. North Korea showed the Ryongsan Cemetery site to Kyodo News and other Japanese news organizations.

N. Korean site believed to contain remains of Japanese

N. Korean site believed to contain remains of Japanese

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a site on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2012, believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II. North Korea showed the Ryongsan Cemetery site to Kyodo News and other Japanese news organizations.

N. Korean site believed to contain remains of Japanese

N. Korean site believed to contain remains of Japanese

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows shoes unearthed at a site on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2012, believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II. North Korea showed the Ryongsan Cemetery site to Kyodo News and other Japanese news organizations.

Japanese visit graves in N. Korea of kin who died at end of WWII

Japanese visit graves in N. Korea of kin who died at end of WWII

Yasuko Irie, 73, offers rice grown in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, where Irie's deceased father Minoru came from, at the Ryongsan cemetery in Pyongyang on Aug. 16, 2015. She visited there with five other Japanese to pray for relatives who died in what is now North Korea during the chaos at the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese visit graves in N. Korea of kin who died at end of WWII

Japanese visit graves in N. Korea of kin who died at end of WWII

Six relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea during the chaos at the end of World War II offer prayers at the Ryongsan cemetery in Pyongyang on Aug. 16, 2015. They received approval last month for the visit from North Korea, which has no diplomatic relations with Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo