【詳報】沖縄慰霊の日、20万人追悼 戦後81年、基地負担なお重く

On the 23rd, Okinawa Prefecture observed "Memorial Day," commemorating the more than 200,000 Japanese and American soldiers who died in the Battle of Okinawa at the end of the Pacific War. The day marks the end of organized fighting by the former Japanese army, and a memorial service for all Okinawa war dead will be held at the Peace Memorial Park in Mabuni, Itoman City, the site of the final fierce battle, where a pledge of peace will be made. Eighty-one years after the war, the burden of military bases in Okinawa remains heavy. Concerns have also been raised about a potential chilling effect on peace education following the national government's response to the March accident off the coast of Henoko, Nago City, in which a boat carrying peace education students capsized, killing two people. #Okinawa #MemorialDay #PacificWar #Peace #NoWar #Memorial #WarDead #MilitaryPrimitives #MilitaryBases #Reporting #News #news