As Japan marked the 71st anniversary Monday of its surrender in World War II, people at two memorial sites in Tokyo expressed a wide range of views on the war.
Many visited Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Chiyoda Ward to renew their plea for the current peace to be preserved.
Others, meanwhile, visited the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, also in Chiyoda Ward, which was holding its 30th national memorial ceremony.