Japanese cemetery

Japanese cemetery

On Jan. 11, 1997, The Jakarta Post published a picture on the
front page of the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro
Hashimoto to the public cemetery at Jati Petamburan in Central
Jakarta.

The caption read: "... to pay tribute to Japanese soldiers
buried there..." In fact, the Japanese graveyard is a place where
ashes of the Japanese who died in Jakarta since the Emperor Meiji
era are stored, including the ashes of the Japanese school
principal who died in a road accident outside Jakarta a few years
ago.

The prime minister visited the cemetery to pay tribute to all
Japanese whose ashes are enshrined there.

ARIFIN AKIRA NAGAI

Director of Information

and Cultural Office

Japanese Embassy, Jakarta

Note: Thank you for your correction.

-- Editor