Family members of victims from Okinawa Prefecture who were killed in the so-called 228 Incident, a military crackdown on civilian protestors in 1947 that initiated the "White Terror Era," have traveled to Taiwan to honor their ancestors.
Braving cold and rainy weather, Keisho Aoyama, leading the group of about 20 people in Keelung, northern Taiwan, said on Tuesday that although his family is the first foreign claimant of compensation from the Taiwanese government over the 228 Incident, there are many more out there waiting for justice.
Among the members of the group are the families of Minoru Nakatake and Kane Ishisoko.