Japanese doctor holds ceremony for Pearl Harbor victims in hometown

A Japanese doctor from central Japan who for the past 30 years has visited Hawaii almost every December to commemorate victims of the Pearl Harbor attack held a ceremony Wednesday in his hometown for the first time.Hiroya Sugano, who decided to forego the trip to the U.S. state this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, held the ceremony at the foot of Mt. Shizuhata in Shizuoka Prefecture to mark the 80th anniversary of the 1941 Japanese attack."Reconciliation is impossible without the repose of souls," the 88-year-old said before the ceremony.In the surprise attack conducted by the Japanes…READ FULL ARTICLE