yasushi kawamura is 80 now. he and his family returned to japan from north korea when the soviets invaded. kawamura was 13 years old. his father was drafted into the imperial army and was never seen again. malnutrition killed his sister when she was 1. >> translator: i vividly remember my sister being miserably hungry, craving and begging for food. she was starving. for 67 years she has been buried in north korea. during the severe cold. no one comes to visit her. she must have been weeping all these years. >> reporter: masaki visited four sites that would have japanese remains. he and the other members are hoping that it leads to repatriation of remains and visited to burial sites by japanese relatives. >> translator: there are so many others waiting to visit burial sites and pray for souls of their relatives like us. all i hope is that things move in the right direction. >>> a whi flower called edelweiss was once in danger of being wiped out but conservation efforts have them growing again. now the flower's be