{"id":303138,"date":"2019-07-10T06:06:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T20:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=303138"},"modified":"2019-07-10T06:06:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T20:06:15","slug":"4th-annual-japanese-memorial-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/4th-annual-japanese-memorial-blessing\/","title":{"rendered":"4th Annual Japanese Memorial Blessing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOTOS By MARC A. 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