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Ex-Imperial Japanese Army soldier found alive in Ukraine
TOKYO, April 17_(Kyodo) _It has been confirmed that a former Imperial Japanese Army soldier is living in Ukraine, officials at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Monday.
Ishinosuke Uwano, 83, from Iwate Prefecture, was in Sakhalin, Russia, at the end of World War II, and is now living in Ukraine with his family, according to the officials.
Uwano in 2000 was officially registered as having died in the war, and the ministry is now taking steps to restore his residency registration, they said. ...more...