Ceremony held on Iwoto Island in memory of WWII war dead

Ceremony held on Iwoto Island in memory of WWII war dead

A bird's eye view of Iwoto Island, formerly known as Iwojima, where over 20,000 Japanese soldiers died in one of the fiercest battles toward the end of World War II, is taken from a Tokyo Metropolitan Government chartered plane on Oct. 15, 2015. The metropolitan government hosted an annual memorial service for the war dead on the island the same day. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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