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5,000 mark 63rd anniversary of end of fighting on Okinawa

More than 5,000 people attended a ceremony in Itoman on Okinawa to mark the 63rd anniversary of the end of fighting on Okinawa during World War II, which left tens of thousands of civilians dead.

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