Emperor meets with family members of WWII Japanese soldiers
VOV.VN - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko met Thursday (Mar. 2) in Hanoi with Vietnamese women who married Japanese soldiers deployed in the Southeast Asian country during WWII.
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| The meeting with surviving wives and children of Japanese war veterans was part of the imperial couple's effort to heal wounds from the Second World War. |
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| The Vietnamese family members faced discrimination and other hardships after the soldiers returned home. |
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| The emperor, 83, and empress, 82, began their first state visit to Vietnam on Wednesday (Mar. 1) to promote goodwill. |
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| They are scheduled to depart from the ancient city of Hue on Sunday (Mar. 5) and travel to Thailand. |
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