秋篠宮ご夫妻、戦没者式典に　３年ぶり、２１７柱納骨―東京

　秋篠宮ご夫妻は３０日、東京都千代田区の千鳥ケ淵戦没者墓苑で営まれた戦没者拝礼式に参列された。新型コロナウイルスの影響で３年ぶりの開催。墓苑には第２次世界大戦中に戦死するなどした身元不明の遺骨が納められており、ロシアなどで収容された遺骨２１７柱が新たに納骨された。
　式には遺族約６０人や政府関係者ら計約１０５人が出席した。古賀篤厚生労働副大臣が納骨し、ご夫妻は納骨堂に向かって拝礼。遺族代表らが献花した。納められた遺骨は計３７万２６９柱となった。（2022/05/30-15:42）

Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko attended on Monday a World War II memorial service at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo, held for the first time in three years.
   The cemetery in Chiyoda Ward in the Japanese capital is for unknown victims of the war.
   At the day's ceremony, the remains of an additional 217 people, including those collected in Russia, were laid to rest. The event was attended by a total of 105 people, including government officials and some 60 bereaved relatives.
   After State Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Atsushi Koga placed the remains in the charnel house, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess bowed in front of it. Representatives of the bereaved families offered flowers.
   The latest addition raised the number of people laid to rest at the cemetery to 370,269.