Title

Prince Philip to visit Yokohama War Cemetery

Genre

Interview; Special

TX Date

24 Feb 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:39

Description

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Foreign Secretary, Geoffrey Howe are to visit the Yokohama War Cemetery in Japan where caretaker Takami Eida takes reporter Gareth Furby on a guided tour. An oasis of calm within a busy Tokyo suburb, many of the dead were prisoners of war of World War Two. Some distortion on tape. For Update programme.

Contributors

Gareth Furby; Takami Eida(?)

Keywords

Government; Prince Philip; Royal visits; Geoffrey Howe; Royal family; Second World War (1939-1945); Royalty; Japan; Prisoners of War; Tokyo; Update (radio programme); War graves

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