秋篠宮ご夫妻、戦没者墓苑に供花　沖縄

　沖縄県を訪問中の秋篠宮ご夫妻は１４日午後、糸満市の平和祈念公園を訪れ、国立沖縄戦没者墓苑で供花された。
　ご夫妻は、遺族らが見守る中、沖縄戦で犠牲になった約１８万人の遺骨が納められた納骨堂前で白菊の花束を供え、深々と頭を下げた。
　県遺族連合会の前会長を務めた照屋苗子さん（８３）によると、秋篠宮さまは戦争体験を小中高生に語ってほしいと話し、「自分も子供たちには戦争の話をしています」と明かしたという。
　同会の宮城篤正会長（７８）は「これからも継続して沖縄戦へ思いを寄せていただければありがたい」と述べた。（2019/12/14-17:56）

Crown Prince Akishino and his wife, Crown Princess Kiko, visited Peace Memorial Park in the city of Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on Saturday, laying flowers at National Okinawa War Dead Mausoleum within the park.
   In the presence of bereaved relatives, the couple offered bouquets of white chrysanthemums and deeply bowed at the mausoleum, in which the ashes of about 180,000 victims of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II are placed.
   The Crown Prince called on the relatives to tell their war experiences to children and young people, according to Naeko Teruya, 83, former head of a group of bereaved families in the southern Japan prefecture.
   "We'll be grateful if they continue to have sympathy for (the victims of) the Battle of Okinawa," said Tokumasa Miyagi, 78, the group's current head.
   Crown Prince Akishino, along with Crown Princess Kiko, arrived in Okinawa earlier on Saturday, for their first visit to the prefecture since the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito, his older brother, in May, which put him first in line to the throne.