Prayers Offered For War Dead at Tokyo Cemetery on 80th Anniversary of War's End

The Yomiuri Shimbun
16:44 JST,
August 15, 2025
Many families of those who died in World War II and other people visited the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Friday to offer flowers and prayers. The cemetery enshrines the unidentified remains of the war dead.
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