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Pyongyang, North Korea

Japan holds memorial for multinational laborers who died in reservoir construction

TOKYO, July 27 (Xinhua) -- A memorial ceremony was held Sunday in Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture to commemorate Chinese, Korean Peninsula and other foreign laborers who died during the construction of the Sagami Lake reservoir. More than 200 people, including officials from China, South Korea and Japan, as well as local residents, attended the annual event at the Sagamiko Exchange Center honoring those who lost the