Japan to bring home WWII war dead from Bangladesh

Japanese officials in Bangladesh are preparing the bodies of 23 soldiers who died during World War II to return them home after more than 80 years, exhumation teams said Monday.

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In this photograph taken on November 22, 2024, members of the Japan Association for Recovery and Repatriation of War Casualties (JARRWC), a government-backed body, are pictured at the Maynamati war cemetery in Comilla, in eastern Bangladesh. Japanese officials in Bangladesh are preparing the bodies of 23 soldiers who died during World War II to return them home after more than 80 years, exhumation teams said on November 25. (Photo by Khandaker Azizur RAHMAN / AFP)

2024-11-25 14:56:02

Japanese officials in Bangladesh are preparing the bodies of 23 soldiers who died during World War II to return them home after more than 80 years, exhumation teams said Monday.

The bodies were exhumed from Bangladesh's Maynamati war cemetery, near Comilla, where more than 700 people from multiple nations killed during the war were buried.

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