The Japan-Korea Joint Remembrance Festival for those who died in the middle of repatriation to the Korean Peninsula immediately after the defeat of Japan was held on the 11th, 74 years after the accident. It was Tentokuji Temple where the remains of the monument and the victim's remains were kept. Participated for the first time in the “Japanese Emperor Forced Mobilization Victim Support Foundation” created by the Korean government and companies to support former recruiters and bereaved families. It was clarified that they would start an effort to return the remains.
About 100 people, including Japanese and Korean monks, Consul General of Korea in Fukuoka, people from the Korean delegation in Japan, and citizens participated. Tokudo Nishitani's resident of Tentokuji greets him, and in addition to the people who died at Sobe Port, he wanted to provide services to many people who died in Tsushima and Genkai. And asked the Japanese and Korean governments to proceed with the return negotiations. "I believe that the joint memorial festival in a small Iki island and small port town will be a major breakthrough in the future of Japan-Korea relations."
The accident occurred on October 11, 1945. A ship to the Korean peninsula was hit by a typhoon and sank at the port of Sobe in Iki. 168 bodies were launched on the beach. 86 of the remains are managed by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. I don't know my identity, and the government's move toward returning to Korea is taking a step.
“When returning it, it is easier to store it in the suburbs of Tokyo,” he asked a temple in Saitama Prefecture to store. However, monks in Japan and Korea asked, “A little closer to the homeland” Moved to Tentokuji in May last year.
For many years at Tentokuji, a memorial festival has been held by the hands of locals. Today, it is held every other year with a Korean temple with exchanges, so this was the first memorial festival after the remains were transferred to Tentokuji. (Ryo Sasaki)