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Japan's Emperor Akihito has paid tribute to the victims of fierce fighting on the Pacific island of Saipan during World War II.
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Japan's Emperor Akihito has paid tribute to the victims of fierce fighting on the Pacific island of Saipan during World War II.
The emperor bowed at memorials to the Japanese, US and Korean dead, in his first visit to a foreign battlefield.
About 43,000 Japanese troops and 12,000 civilians died after being ordered to fight to the death in the 1944 battle. Some 5,000 American soldiers also died.
The visit came amid unease among Japan's neighbours at its wartime past.
