(1)Koizumi attends memorial service in Iwojima
TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (front) prays in front of the monument for Japanese war dead on June 19 in a government war memorial service in Iwojima Island as the first sitting premier to visit the Pacific island. More than 20,000 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers died in the Battle of Iwojima that continued for nearly one month from February to March of 1945, some 1,200 kilometers south of Tokyo. (Pool photo)
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- ILEA001109608
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- 2005/6/19 00:00:00
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- 2005 Kyodo News
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