The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to newly evaluate the ashes collected in all areas even if there are no relics in the DNA test for identification of the remains of the war dead.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has been conducting DNA testing to identify the remains of war dead since 2003, but as a general rule, it is only applicable when there are relics that can be linked to the identity, such as finding a name tag nearby. Was there.
However, as the bereaved families are aging and there are voices saying that the conditions are too strict, DNA analysis will be newly performed on the ashes collected at Iwo Jima and Tarawa Atoll in the Republic of Kiribati even if there are no relics from this year. It means that two people have been identified so far on Iwo Jima and Tarawa Atoll.
For this reason, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided not to limit the area, but to newly evaluate the ashes collected in all areas even if there are no relics.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare plans to recruit bereaved families who wish to have a DNA test from around October, after expanding the test system.