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

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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[NHK] On the 15th, "Victory over the War Day," Prime Minister Ishiba visited the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward before attending the "National Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead."

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A national memorial service for the war dead, marking 80 years since the end of the war, was held yesterday in Tokyo. Approximately 4,500 bereaved families and others attended to mourn the approximately 3.1 million people who lost their lives in the last war. Of the bereaved families who expressed their intention to attend in advance, 53% were born after the war, exceeding half for the first time. As the generation with direct experience of the …

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読売新聞オンライン broke the news in Japan on Friday, August 15, 2025.
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