The Nippon foundation of Japan funded a museum of Peace in Red Hill, near Manipur’s capital Imphal.
It was to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal, one of the fiercest battles of the Second World War.
Japanese Soldiers clashed with Indian National Army of Subash Chandra Bose and British forces in areas around Imphal and Kohima from March to June 1944.
The Japanese War Memorial was built in 1994 at Red Hill to mark the 50th anniversary of the battle.