Jakarta, June 26 -- The Japanese government will continue to repatriate the remains of its soldiers who died in Papua in the fight against the United States during World War II. The Embassy of Japan signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indonesia's Education and Culture Ministry with regard to the repatriation, here Tuesday.
The process would include the search, collection and identification of the remains, and the cremation before it is transferred to Japan to the families.
The repatriation of remains was being conducted earlier but had been halted for four years, Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Masafumi Ishii said.
Now the process can be restarted and the remains can be transferred to Japan, he said.
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