TOKYO, Oct 23 (News On Japan) –
The Emperor, Empress, and their daughter Princess Aiko visited the Tokyo Metropolitan Memorial Hall in Sumida Ward on Thursday afternoon, marking their first go to to the positioning as Japan observes the eightieth 12 months for the reason that finish of World War II. They had been greeted upon arrival by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and different officers.
The memorial corridor enshrines the victims of each the Great Kanto Earthquake and the Tokyo air raids throughout World War II. The Imperial household provided white flowers earlier than the corridor’s altar and bowed deeply in prayer.
Following the ceremony, the Emperor and his household spoke with bereaved kinfolk who misplaced family members within the bombings. The Emperor requested, “Who did you lose?” and stated softly, “That must have been very painful.” The Empress expressed compassion, saying, “You must have gone through a lot,” whereas Princess Aiko requested, “Where were you at that time?”—every talking earnestly and with solemn expressions.
While the earlier Emperor and Empress provided flowers on the memorial throughout milestones such because the fiftieth anniversary of the conflict’s finish in 1995 and the seventieth anniversary in 2015, this was the primary time the present Imperial household has visited the positioning.
This 12 months, as Japan marks 80 years for the reason that finish of the conflict, the Emperor and Empress have continued their memorial visits throughout the nation, together with to Iwo Jima within the Ogasawara Islands, Okinawa, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, to honor the reminiscence of those that perished within the battle.
Source: TBS