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80th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender

Adm. Samuel Paparo, chief of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, makes a speech during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the signing of the document marking Japan's surrender in World War II, held on the pier next to the battleship Missouri in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Sept. 2, 2025. The signing took place on the deck of Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, with Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme commander of the Allied Powers, in attendance.

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80th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender

A ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the signing of a document marking Japan's surrender in World War II is held on the pier next to the battleship Missouri in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Sept. 2, 2025. The signing took place on the deck of the Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, with Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme commander of the Allied Powers, attending.

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US: Huge Dust Cloud Kicked up by Winds Amid Tornado-Warned Storm in Nebraska 2

Severe storms swept through eastern Nebraska and western Iowa on Thursday, April 17, resulting in significant damage and reports of multiple tornadoes. The video shows damaging winds whipping up dust in York County, Nebraska, where a tornado watch was in effect.

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Old piano played by Einstein returns to Japan's Nara hotel

NARA, Japan - Toshiyuki Tsuji, chief of Nara Hotel's Planning Department, shows the piano which Albert Einstein played in the hotel in Nara, Nara Prefecture, in 1922. The U.S.-made piano, which was seized by the General Headquarters of the allied powers soon after the end of World War II and then ended up in the Modern Transportation Museum in Osaka, returned to the hotel on Jan. 9 for the first time in 64 years. Einstein stayed at the hotel during a visit to the city while he was in Japan. The hotel found the piano in the process of reviewing its own history on the 100th anniversary of its establishment in 1909.

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(1)Japan observes 58th anniversary of end of World War II

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito reads out a message during a government-sponsored memorial ceremony to mourn the nation's war dead in World War II at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan hall on Aug. 15, with Empress Michiko standing next to him. Aug. 15 marked the 58th anniversary of Japan's surrender to the Allied Powers.

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Koizumi, Quayle shake hands on anniversary of peace treaty

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle in an event in Tokyo on Sept. 8 marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of the San Francisco peace treaty. The event was organized by a private organization commemorating the signing of the treaty by Japan and 47 Allied powers.

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Kiichi Miyazawa

Born Oct. 8, 1919 in Tokyo. Miyazawa is one of the few living politicians to have seen Japan emerge from the ruins after World War II to reach economic superpower status. He joined the Finance Ministry in 1942. After Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers in 1945, Miyazawa became a secretary to then Finance Minister Hayato Ikeda and attended the 1951 Japan-U.S. peace conference in San Francisco to help the minister as an interpreter. Miyazawa served as prime minister between Nov. 5, 1991 and Aug. 9, 1993 after holding various portfolios such as foreign minister, finance minister and chief cabinet secretary.

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Damages suit by Allied POWs turned down

Seven former prisoners of war from four Allied powers walk down into the Tokyo District Court on Thursday Nov. 26 to hear a ruling on their $154,000 damages suit filed against the Japanese government for their sufferings during World War II internment in Japanese-occupied Southeast Asia. The court turned down the suit, filed on behalf of some 11,000 former POWs in Britain, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

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Koizumi, Quayle shake hands on anniversary of peace treaty

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle in an event in Tokyo on Sept. 8 marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of the San Francisco peace treaty. The event was organized by a private organization commemorating the signing of the treaty by Japan and 47 Allied powers.

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WW1 - Tug of War between the Allies and the Central Powers

WW1 Italian Propaganda Postcard - Tug of War between the leaders of the Allies and the Central Powers. From left: (Central Powers) Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austro-Hungary and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (as the judge) - (Allies) King Albert I of Belgium, King Peter I of Serbia, King George V of the United Kingdom, Emperor Taisho of Japan, President Raymond Poincare of France and Tsar Nicolas II of Russia. Date: circa 1915

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WW1 - Flags of the Allies - French postcard

WW1 - Flags of the Allies - French postcard Date: circa 1915

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WW1 Allies - Emblems of Freedom

WW1 Allied flags flying above a British Destroyer - Emblems of Freedom Date: circa 1915

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Cartoon, The Hands with Right on their Side, WW1

Cartoon, The Hands with Right on their Side. Two large hands representing the Allied forces tower over the four small leaders of the Central Powers cowering in the middle. We'll get them, we'll get ... Date: 1916

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YOSUKE MATSUOKA

YOSUKE MATSUOKA Japanese politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1940-41; allied Japan with Axis powers. Photographed here with Adolf Hitler. Date: 1880 - 1946

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Japanese man recounts life as post-WWII prisoner in Korea

Nobuo Toyama in Sendai, northeastern Japan, points to a map of the Korean Peninsula while recalling his experience as a prisoner of war there after Japan's surrender to the Allied Powers in World War II, as pictured on Aug. 11, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People listen to Emperor Hirohito's WWII-ending radio message

People weep on Aug. 15, 1945, as they listen to Emperor Hirohito's radio message announcing Japan's surrender to the Allied Powers to end World War II in this file photo taken at an unidentified location. The Imperial Household Agency said on July 9, 2015, that it will release the rare voice recording of the wartime emperor on Aug. 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old piano played by Einstein returns to Japan's Nara hotel

NARA, Japan - Toshiyuki Tsuji, chief of Nara Hotel's Planning Department, shows the piano which Albert Einstein played in the hotel in Nara, Nara Prefecture, in 1922. The U.S.-made piano, which was seized by the General Headquarters of the allied powers soon after the end of World War II and then ended up in the Modern Transportation Museum in Osaka, returned to the hotel on Jan. 9 for the first time in 64 years. Einstein stayed at the hotel during a visit to the city while he was in Japan. The hotel found the piano in the process of reviewing its own history on the 100th anniversary of its establishment in 1909. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan observes 58th anniversary of end of World War II

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito reads out a message during a government-sponsored memorial ceremony to mourn the nation's war dead in World War II at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan hall on Aug. 15, with Empress Michiko standing next to him. Aug. 15 marked the 58th anniversary of Japan's surrender to the Allied Powers. (Kyodo)

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Damages suit by Allied POWs turned down

Seven former prisoners of war from four Allied powers walk down into the Tokyo District Court on Thursday Nov. 26 to hear a ruling on their $154,000 damages suit filed against the Japanese government for their sufferings during World War II internment in Japanese-occupied Southeast Asia. The court turned down the suit, filed on behalf of some 11,000 former POWs in Britain, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.