Prime Minister Kishida will attend the Memorial Service for War Dead in Itoman City, Okinawa Prefecture on the 23rd.
The Prime Minister's attendance will be the first in three years.
At a press conference, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara visited Okinawa on the 23rd of "Okinawa Memorial Day," 77 years after the Battle of Okinawa, where more than 200,000 people died, to commemorate the war dead in Itoman City. Announced to attend the ceremony.
Last year and later, due to the influence of the new corona, the attendance of guests from outside the prefecture was postponed, so former Prime Minister Suga and former Prime Minister Abe each sent video messages, and the Prime Minister's attendance will be the first in three years.
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara said, "I think it is Prime Minister Kishida's desire to comfort the spirits of the war dead, turn their hearts firmly, and pray for permanent peace in the world."