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Taiwan to mark WWII end, return of isle from Japanese rule with events

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe follows a Shinto priest before paying his respects to Japanese war dead at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo in December 2013. Later this year Taiwan will hold events to mark the end of World War II and the retrocession of Taiwan from Japan to China in 1945. | AP

Kyodo

Mar 10, 2015

TAIPEI –

Taiwan will hold a military display in July to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the island's government said Monday.

Sun Lih-chyun, spokesman of the Executive Yuan or Cabinet, told a press conference that the display will be part of a series of events the administration plans to hold from July 7 to Oct. 25 to mark both the war's end in 1945 and the island's liberation from Japanese colonial rule.

July 7 is the anniversary of the 1937 Marco Polo Bridge Incident, widely regarded as the start of the Sino-Japanese War, while Oct. 25 is Taiwan's Retrocession Day.

Taiwan to mark WWII end, return of isle from Japanese rule with events

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