The Archive · 1938

Japanese to Honour Their War Dead

Special memorial services for Japanese troops killed in action. in Central China will be held at the Japanese Club, Boone Road, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon of March 2, local Japanese papers stated yesterday. The services will be attended by high officers of the Japanese China Sea Fleet, Expeditionary Force, officials of the Consulate-General, and leading members of the Japanese community.

Count Kocho Ohtani, chief abbot of the Higashi Hongan Temple in Kyoto, Japan, w in Shanghai to minister to the spiritual needs of Japanese soldiers, will officiate at the rites, the papers said,

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