People stand in silence in front of Yasukuni Shrine

People stand in silence in front of Yasukuni Shrine

People fall silent in honor of war dead at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, 2017, the 72nd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Yasukuni Shrine is viewed as a symbol of Japan's past militarism by its neighbors and has been a source of diplomatic friction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000114225
  • Registered date
  • 2017/8/15 12:32:11
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2017 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2046 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.25(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    War-linked Yasukuni Shrine

    War-linked Yasukuni Shrine

    People visit the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2018, the 73rd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The shrine honors convicted war criminals as well as war dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
      War-linked Yasukuni Shrine

      War-linked Yasukuni Shrine

      People observe a silent prayer at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2018, the 73rd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The shrine honors convicted war criminals as well as war dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
        War-linked Yasukuni Shrine

        War-linked Yasukuni Shrine

        People observe a silent prayer at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2018, the 73rd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The shrine honors convicted war criminals as well as war dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
          War-linked Yasukuni Shrine

          War-linked Yasukuni Shrine

          People observe a silent prayer at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2018, the 73rd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The shrine honors convicted war criminals as well as war dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
            War-linked Yasukuni Shrine

            War-linked Yasukuni Shrine

            Sprinklers of an outdoor cooling system splash mist over people at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2018, the 73rd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
              War-linked Yasukuni Shrine

              War-linked Yasukuni Shrine

              People release doves at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2018, the 73rd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                33rd anniversary of JAL crash

                33rd anniversary of JAL crash

                Shingo Tabuchi and his wife make an offering to the grave marker of their three daughters erected at the site of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash on Osutaka Ridge in Gunma Prefecture on Aug. 12, 2018, the 33rd anniversary of the accident. The Tabuchis lost their daughters in the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history, which claimed the lives of 520 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                  33rd anniversary of JAL crash

                  33rd anniversary of JAL crash

                  Mitsuru Hayasaka (far L), his wife Yuriko (far R) and Kuniko Miyajima (center R) blow bubbles at the site of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash in Gunma Prefecture on Aug. 12, 2018, the 33rd anniversary of the deadliest single-aircraft accident in history. The accident claimed the lives of 520 people, including Miyajima's 9-year-old son Ken. The Hayasakas lost their 18-year-old daughter Kaoru in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                    73rd anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

                    73rd anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

                    Survivors and bereaved relatives attend a ceremony in Naha, in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, on Aug. 22, 2017, to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the sinking of the transport ship Tsushima Maru, which was torpedoed by a U.S. submarine. The attack killed nearly 1,500 people on board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                      Memorial service on Shumshu Island

                      Memorial service on Shumshu Island

                      Photo taken July 19, 2017, shows a helmet of a Japanese soldier left behind on Shumshu Island, at the northeastern end of the Kurils, where a fierce battle took place between Japan and the-then Soviet Union shortly after Japan's surrender in World War II. Some 20 people from Japan visited on the same day to hold a memorial service for the Japanese soldiers who died. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo