76th anniv. of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

76th anniv. of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

A family member of a victim in the Battle of Okinawa pours water on a monument at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2021, the 76th anniversary of the end of the major World War II ground battle between Japanese and U.S. troops. The names of over 200,000 people who lost their lives in the battle are engraved on the monument.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000565039
  • Registered date
  • 2021/6/23 09:20:04
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2021 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2683 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 2.05(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Tokyo marks 81st anniversary of U.S. air raid in WWII

    Tokyo marks 81st anniversary of U.S. air raid in WWII

    Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend a peace memorial ceremony in Tokyo on March 10, 2026, the 81st anniversary of a U.S. air raid on the Japanese capital that killed an estimated 100,000 people in a single night during World War II. (Pool photo)
      Tokyo marks 81st anniversary of U.S. air raid in WWII

      Tokyo marks 81st anniversary of U.S. air raid in WWII

      People offer silent prayers at a peace memorial ceremony in Tokyo on March 10, 2026, the 81st anniversary of a U.S. air raid on the Japanese capital that killed an estimated 100,000 people in a single night during World War II. (Pool photo)
        Tokyo marks 81st anniversary of U.S. air raid in WWII

        Tokyo marks 81st anniversary of U.S. air raid in WWII

        Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend a peace memorial ceremony in Tokyo on March 10, 2026, the 81st anniversary of a U.S. air raid on the Japanese capital that killed an estimated 100,000 people in a single night during World War II. (Pool photo)
          Tokyo marks 81st anniversary of U.S. air raid in WWII

          Tokyo marks 81st anniversary of U.S. air raid in WWII

          Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attends a peace memorial ceremony in Tokyo on March 10, 2026, the 81st anniversary of a U.S. air raid on the Japanese capital that killed an estimated 100,000 people in a single night during World War II. (Pool photo)
            Tokyo marks 81st anniversary of U.S. air raid in WWII

            Tokyo marks 81st anniversary of U.S. air raid in WWII

            People offer silent prayers at a peace memorial ceremony in Tokyo on March 10, 2026, the 81st anniversary of a U.S. air raid on the Japanese capital that killed an estimated 100,000 people in a single night during World War II. (Pool photo)
              5th anniv. of nuclear weapons ban treaty

              5th anniv. of nuclear weapons ban treaty

              People light candles at the Peace Memorial Park near the World Heritage-listed Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Jan. 22, 2026, to mark the fifth anniversary of the coming into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
                5th anniv. of nuclear weapons ban treaty

                5th anniv. of nuclear weapons ban treaty

                People light candles at the Peace Memorial Park near the World Heritage-listed Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Jan. 22, 2026, to mark the fifth anniversary of the coming into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
                  80th anniv. of Ukishima Maru sinking

                  80th anniv. of Ukishima Maru sinking

                  A memorial ceremony for those killed when the Ukishima Maru sank as it was taking Korean workers home from Japan following the end of World War II, is held in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the tragedy. The transport ship exploded in Maizuru Bay, leaving over 500 people dead.
                    Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

                    Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

                    A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.
                      Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

                      Stage play on 1944 sinking of Tsushima-maru ship

                      A stage play depicting the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II is performed at a theater in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Aug. 16, 2025. The ship, carrying a large number of civilians evacuating from an expected U.S. assault on Okinawa, was sunk on its way to Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving nearly 1,500 people, many of them children, dead.