{"id":270480,"date":"2018-02-21T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=270480"},"modified":"2018-02-21T06:00:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T20:00:36","slug":"cremation-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/cremation-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Cremation Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-270480 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/cremation-ceremony\/img_7179\/'>IMG_7179<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-270507'>\n\t\t\t\tJapanese Consul to Saipan Kinji Shinoda pays his respects during the Japanese Association for Recovery and Repatriation of War Casualties\u2019 first cremation ceremony last Feb. 6 at the Banadera Trail in Marpi. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/cremation-ceremony\/img_7183\/'>IMG_7183<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-270508'>\n\t\t\t\tLt. 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