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80 Years On: Man Remembers Tough Trip Back from Korean Peninsula

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Fuefuki, Yamanashi Pref., Aug. 17 (Jiji Press)–Hajime Sakata, who was 8 years old just after the end of World War II 80 years ago, traveled more than 500 kilometers south across the Korean Peninsula for his return to Japan. Recalling his fierce war experience, 88-year-old Sakata, who now lives in the city of Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, says, “War robs people of their emot…

80 Years On: Man Remembers Tough Trip Back from Korean Peninsula

Fuefuki, Yamanashi Pref., Aug. 17 (Jiji Press)–Hajime Sakata, who was 8 years old just after the end of World War II 80 years ago, traveled more than 500 kilometers south across the Korean Peninsula for his return to Japan. Recalling his fierce war experience, 88-year-old Sakata, who now lives in the city of Fuefuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, says, “War robs people of their emot…

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