What's going on in Japan
What's going on in Japan? (No.15)
At a ceremony Sunday to mark the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said, "We must continue to pass on the lessons from that tragic war." The national memorial service held at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward was the first since Kan's Democratic Party of Japan took over control of government last year. About 6,000 people attended the ceremony, including Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and bereaved family members. Representing the bereaved family members, Hatsue Masakado, 67, of Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, said, "We who have directly experienced the suffering of the tragic war pledge to never again repeat that sad history."
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