Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Yasuo Nagashima from Yokohama holds photographs of his deceased sister Yukiko at a site where her ashes are possibly buried, near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012, when a group of Japanese nationals held a Buddhist memorial service at the site. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Yasuo Nagashima from Yokohama offers prayers at a site where the ashes of his deceased sister Yukiko are possibly buried, near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012, when a group of Japanese nationals held a Buddhist memorial service at the site. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

Japan man's family photo includes sister now in her grave in N. Korea

Japan man's family photo includes sister now in her grave in N. Korea

Yasuo Nagashima opens an album of family photos, including those of his older sister Yukiko who died in what is now North Korea in the confusion after the end of World War II, at his home in Yokohama southwest of Tokyo on Aug. 12, 2015. He traveled to North Korea two days later to visit the sister's grave "for the first and last time." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese man shows photo of sister now in her grave in North Korea

Japanese man shows photo of sister now in her grave in North Korea

This undated family photo taken in what is now North Korea during World War II shows Yukiko Nagashima (back row, L), who died in Pyongyang shortly after the war ended, and her younger brother Yasuo (front row, far L). The photo was made available on Aug. 12, 2015, by Yasuo, who traveled to North Korea two days later to visit the sister's grave "for the first and last time." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo