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By Hitoshi Kawabata / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
15:50 JST,
May 4, 2025
KAGOSHIMA — A memorial service was held Saturday in the Chiran district of Minami-Kyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture, for pilots who had died in suicide missions. Japanese pilots on these missions attempted to crash their planes into U.S. warships in the closing months of the Pacific War.