Families who suffered bereavement in World War II renewed a vow to keep memories of the conflict from fading so Japan will never again wage military aggression during the central government’s annual ceremony in Tokyo on Aug. 15 to pay tribute to the nation s war dead.
Japan on Aug. 15 paid tribute to its war dead in a government ceremony in Tokyo marking the 76th anniversary of the country s surrender in World War II by significantly scaling back the number of attendees due to the novel coronavirus pandemic raging in the capital and elsewhere.