Japanese nonprofit group donates passenger ship to Palau

KOROR, Palau - Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2014, in the state of Koror, Palau, shows a passenger ship, the Nippon Maru II, which was donated by the Tokyo-based nonprofit organization Nippon Foundation to the Pacific island nation. It will connect Palau's most populous state of Koror and Peleliu Island, one of the fiercest battlefields in the Pacific during World War II.

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