Victims of WWII Mass Suicide Mourned in Okinawa

Yomitan, Okinawa Pref., April 5 (Jiji Press)--Some 100 people, including bereaved families, on Saturday mourned those who committed mass suicide at a cave in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, 80 years ago in the final stages of World War II. They offered a silent prayer and incense sticks to the altar, while praying for lasting peace, in a memorial service at the Chibichiri Gama cave in t...

Victims of WWII Mass Suicide Mourned in Okinawa
Yomitan, Okinawa Pref., April 5 (Jiji Press)--Some 100 people, including bereaved families, on Saturday mourned those who committed mass suicide at a cave in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, 80 years ago in the final stages of World War II. They offered a silent prayer and incense sticks to the altar, while praying for lasting peace, in a memorial service at the Chibichiri Gama cave in t...