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