Japan envoy offers flowers at 'Leyte Landing' ceremony

Japan envoy offers flowers at 'Leyte Landing' ceremony

PALO, Philippines - Tetsuro Amano, Japanese deputy chief of mission to the Philippines, offers a wreath of flowers in Palo on the Philippine island of Leyte on Oct. 20, 2014, at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the "Leyte Landing" during World War II that freed the country from Japanese occupation in 1941.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001208747
  • Registered date
  • 2014/10/20 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2014 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2645 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 904.51(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Philippines marks 70th anniversary of MacArthur's landing

    Philippines marks 70th anniversary of MacArthur's landing

    PALO, Philippines - Filipinos take pictures on Oct. 20, 2014, in front of the bronze statues of U.S. Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur and other officials in Palo, the Philippines, to mark the 70th anniversary of the landing on Leyte Island of MacArthur. It marked the start of the Philippines' liberation from Japanese forces during World War II.
      Ceremony marks 70th anniv. of WWII 'Leyte Landing'

      Ceremony marks 70th anniv. of WWII 'Leyte Landing'

      PALO, Philippines - A man (extreme R), acting as Gen. Douglas MacArthur, delivers a speech in Palo on the Philippine island of Leyte on Oct. 20, 2014, at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the "Leyte Landing" during World War II that freed the country from Japanese occupation in 1941. On the far left are effigies at the MacArthur Landing Memorial Park.
        Japan's empress turns 80

        Japan's empress turns 80

        TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2011 shows Empress Michiko (C) playing the piano with a violist and a clarinetist in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. The empress, on the occasion of her 80th birthday on Oct 20, expressed hope that peace can be brought about ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II next year.
          Actress Godai to perform 'Yokohama Rosa' in NY

          Actress Godai to perform 'Yokohama Rosa' in NY

          TOKYO, Japan - Actress Michiko Godai practices for one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" in Yokohama on Aug. 14, 2014, for the first overseas performance in New York next spring. The play portrays the life of a real-life Japanese woman who worked as a prostitute for officers of the occupation forces after the end of World War II in the Yokohama area, Kanagawa Prefecture.
            Actress Godai wants to convey war tragedy in NY

            Actress Godai wants to convey war tragedy in NY

            TOKYO, Japan - Actress Michiko Godai practices for one-woman play "Yokohama Rosa" in Yokohama on Aug. 14, 2014, for the first overseas performance in New York next spring. The play portrays the life of a real-life Japanese woman who worked as a prostitute for officers of the occupation forces after the end of World War II in the Yokohama area, Kanagawa Prefecture.
              Producer of Japanese movie on 'Battle of Imphal'

              Producer of Japanese movie on 'Battle of Imphal'

              IMPHAL, India - Junichi Kajioka, the producer of a Japanese movie about the World War II Battle of Imphal in 1944 in India, is seen in this file photo taken on June 29, 2014. The movie, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the battle, focuses on reconciliation between former soldiers from both Japan and Britain.
                WWII manned torpedo model shown at memorial museum

                WWII manned torpedo model shown at memorial museum

                YAMAGUCHI, Japan - A full-scale model of the "Kaiten" manned torpedo is exhibited outside the Kaiten Memorial Museum on Ozushima Island in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on June 24, 2014, the 70th anniversary of the start of a suicide mission from the island during the closing days of World War II.
                  Envoy visits event to mark 70th yr of Battle of Imphal

                  Envoy visits event to mark 70th yr of Battle of Imphal

                  IMPHAL, India - Japanese Ambassador to India Takeshi Yagi looks at remains left from the Battle of Imphal fought between the now defunct Imperial Japanese Army and Allied troops during World War II at an event held in the northeastern Indian city of Imphal on March 23, 2014, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the 1944 battle.
                    Japan copyright body chief Tokura

                    Japan copyright body chief Tokura

                    TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tokura, chairman of the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, meets the press at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2013, after submitting a written request to Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to work for the termination of a royalty payment system, under which Japan is required to pay royalties to 15 victor nations of World War II for around 10 years longer than the 50-year copyright protection period. Japan is the only country subject to such treatment due to its wartime failure to pay royalties to its enemies for music, novels and art.