Japan to Exhume Remains of About 1,000 WWII Dead; Mass Burial Site Confirmed on Peleliu Island

By Ichiro Hatae / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
17:48 JST,
December 3, 2024
PELELIU ISLAND, Palau — A mass burial site where the remains of Japanese soldiers were interred by the U.S. military on Peleliu Island, a fierce battleground during the Pacific War, has been definitively located. Japan’s Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will begin full-fledged collection of remain...
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