74 years since the end of the war.

74 years since the end of the war National mourning ceremony August 15 13:04

On the 15th, 74 years after the end of the war, a government-sponsored nationwide memorial service was held at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo to commemorate about 3.1 million war dead.

6201 people including representatives of bereaved families from all over the country attended the ceremony for the first time after the decree.
In the meantime, 64 people, including the bereaved family in Miyazaki Prefecture, suddenly left off due to Typhoon No. 10.

The Emperor, along with the Empress, attended the ceremony for the first time since the throne was held in May and arrived at the ceremony decorated with chrysanthemums.

Next, Prime Minister Abe said, “We will never forget that the peace and prosperity we are enjoying is built on the precious sacrifices of the war dead. We will never forget the many remains that have not been returned.Our mission is to make sure that the remains are returned to their homes as soon as possible. No, this vow will never change in the Showa, Heisei, and Ryowa eras. "

And all attendees offered a one-minute silence.

Then the Emperor said, “I will renew deep sorrow for the many people who lost their irreplaceable lives and their bereaved in the Great War. Respecting the past, standing on deep reflections, wishing that the scourge of war would not be repeated again, and expressing sincere mourning to the people who were scattered in the battlefield and fell to the battlefield, I pray for peace and further development of our country. "

On behalf of the bereaved family, Mr. Hiroyoshi Morimoto (77) of Minami-ku, Yokohama, who lost his father in Eastern New Guinea in December 1944, said, “Many of us do not know the face of the father and remember memories of the father. The bereaved child of a forgotten keepsake, the bereaved family strongly hopes that the return of the motherland will come true as soon as possible, based on a law that states that the collection of the remains of the war dead is a national responsibility. I hope to enjoy gratitude and be grateful, never forgetting that many precious sacrifices are the foundation of enjoying peace. "

At the ceremony, attendees later turned their chrysanthemums into the ceremony and comforted about 3.1 million spirits who died in the war.

74 years have passed since the end of the war, and the bereaved families are aging. About 80% of the bereaved families are over 70 years old, and the number of wives of the war dead is only 5.
One of them, the 97-year-old Haru Uchida who lives in Tokyo, who is also the oldest attendant, lost his husband Kenji (36 at that time) in Okinawa in June 1945.
Mr. Uchida said, “I attend every year. There must be no war. There are a lot of sad people like me.

In addition, there are 95 young people under the age of 18 attending the ceremony to inherit the memory of the war.
Among them, Nobuhiro Mitani (14), a junior high school student in Kagawa Prefecture, was a great-grandfather.
Mr. Mitani said, “I went to Okinawa on a school trip and actually saw the Himeyuri Tower and Gama and knew the misery of the war. I was talking.

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The emperor and his wife are also silent

According to the Imperial Household Agency, the Emperor and his wife also saw the memorial service for the war dead at the Fukiage Sento Imperial Palace in their residence through a TV broadcast program.
And with noon time signal, he was offered silence.