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Japan to subsidize visits to North Korean burial sites of Japanese

Relatives of Japanese who died around the end of the war in what is now North Korea pray in a graveyard in a Pyongyang suburb during their visit to the country in June. | KYODO

Kyodo

Oct 4, 2014

The government plans to subsidize Japanese visits to the apparent burial sites of relatives who died in what is now North Korea, officials said.

Junichi Ihara, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, unveiled the plan during a meeting last Monday with Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for negotiations on normalizing diplomatic relations with Japan, in Shenyang, China, the officials said Friday.

Government assistance would help more Japanese visit the burial sites, given the high cost — about ¥500,000 per person.

Japan to subsidize visits to North Korean burial sites of Japanese

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