Japanese Delegation visits Nagaland to locate the remains of fallen Japanese soldiers during Second World War

A Japanese Delegation from World War II Remains Recovery Project met Nagaland Chief Secretary J Alam.

The team discussed about locating the remains of fallen Japanese soldiers during the Second World War (WW-II).

A senior state government said that they told the Chief Secretary on the progress made during their previous visits to the state.


“They also informed that the team would be taking samples of the collected remains to Japan for DNA testing in order to identify the remains,” the official said.

A Japanese delegation earlier in 2019 also visited many villages including Jotsoma, Riisoma and Kigwema in Kohima district of Nagaland. Thousands of Japanese soldiers died in Manipur and Nagaland when they invaded British India during the War.