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Japan Foreign Minister Promises Aid For Ukrainian Anti-drone System

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa is visiting Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 7, 2024. Tokyo is providing the war-torn country with a drone detection system through aid, amid concerns of dwindling support in some countries for Kyiv's nearly two-year effort to fend off an invasion by Russia. (Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/NurPhoto)

Japan Foreign Minister Promises Aid For Ukrainian Anti-drone System

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa is visiting Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 7, 2024. Tokyo is providing the war-torn country with a drone detection system through aid, amid concerns of dwindling support in some countries for Kyiv's nearly two-year effort to fend off an invasion by Russia. (Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/NurPhoto)

Japan Foreign Minister Promises Aid For Ukrainian Anti-drone System

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa is visiting Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 7, 2024. Tokyo is providing the war-torn country with a drone detection system through aid, amid concerns of dwindling support in some countries for Kyiv's nearly two-year effort to fend off an invasion by Russia. (Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/NurPhoto)

Japan Foreign Minister Promises Aid For Ukrainian Anti-drone System

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa is visiting Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 7, 2024. Tokyo is providing the war-torn country with a drone detection system through aid, amid concerns of dwindling support in some countries for Kyiv's nearly two-year effort to fend off an invasion by Russia. (Photo by Sergii Kharchenko/NurPhoto)

Nagasaki urges nuke elimination as city marks 77th A-bomb anniv.

Nagasaki marked the 77th anniversary Tuesday of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city during World War II, with Mayor Tomihisa Taue calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons amid mounting concern over their potential use following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A moment of silence was observed at 11:02 a.m., the exact time on Aug. 9, 1945, when a plutonium bomb codenamed "Fat Man" dropped by a U.S. bomber exploded over the port city, only the second time a nuclear weapon has been used in war. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who represents a constituency in Hiroshima and has expressed readiness to work toward a world free of nuclear weapons, said, "Even in the midst of a severe security situation, we must continue our history of non-use of nuclear weapons and continue to make Nagasaki the site of the last atomic bombing."

Okinawa marks 77th anniversary of significant WWII ground battle

People visit a monument at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2022, the 77th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa. The names of over 200,000 people who lost their lives in the major World War II ground battle between Japanese and U.S. troops are engraved on the monument. Okinawa on Thursday marked the 77th anniversary of the end of a major World War II ground battle between Japanese and U.S. troops, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida the first Japanese leader in three years to attend the memorial service due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions. Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in a "peace declaration" said Russia's invasion of Ukraine evoked memories of the conflict in the southern island prefecture while pledging to "continue efforts to abolish nuclear weapons and renounce war, so that Okinawa will never become a battlefield again."

75th anniv. of end of World War II Okinawa battle

A fire is lit at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, during a ceremony on June 22, 2020, marking the eve of the 75th anniversary of the end of a major World War II ground battle in Okinawa that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 local residents and soldiers from the Japanese and American militaries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

75th anniv. of end of World War II Okinawa battle

A fire is lit at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, during a ceremony on June 22, 2020, marking the eve of the 75th anniversary of the end of a major World War II ground battle in Okinawa that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 local residents and soldiers from the Japanese and American militaries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

75th anniversary of World War II Battle of Okinawa

A memorial service is held at the former Imperial Japanese Navy underground base in Tomigusuku, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 13, 2020, to mark the 75th anniversary of the suicide of navy officers in World War II's Battle of Okinawa in Japan's southernmost island prefecture. Relatives were not invited to the site due to the risk of coronavirus infection. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

75th anniversary of World War II Battle of Okinawa

A memorial service is held at the former Imperial Japanese Navy underground base in Tomigusuku, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 13, 2020, to mark the 75th anniversary of the suicide of navy officers in World War II's Battle of Okinawa in Japan's southernmost island prefecture. Relatives were not invited to the site due to the risk of coronavirus infection. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

PM Abe attends ceremony for war dead

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the annual Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, to commemorate those who died in World War II

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