Japanese Ambassador Commemorates Nagaland’s WWII Sacrifice at Kohima Peace Memorial Inauguration

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Kohima: Ambassador of Japan to India, Suzuki Hiroshi has expressed his deepest sympathy and condolences to the people of Nagaland who were caught in the crossfire during the war between Japanese forces and the British Commonwealth Forces eighty years ago. He said this while inaugurating the Kohima Peace Memorial and Eco –Park in Kohima today.

Suzuki Hiroshi said that the people of Nagaland who had nothing to do with the war, inevitably had to go through a great ordeal where many were coerced into cooperation and many people lost their lives and most people were forced to flee from the land of their ancestors. He further added that he was deeply honored to witness the inauguration of the Kohima Peace Memorial and that the monument enabled us to offer our most solemn prayers to all the victims of the battle.

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He expressed his gratitude to the people of Nagaland for their warm welcome and support provided to the Kohima-Japan bone collection team and enabli

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