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Japanese man talks about surviving bombing on Angaur during WWII

TOKYO, April 8 Kyodo - Kannosuke Hayashi, 85, talks during an interview in March 2015 in Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, about his experience of surviving a U.S. air raid on Palau's Angaur Island in March 1944 during World War II while he was mobilized for an airport construction project as a junior high school student. He shows a case containing a bomb fragment that had punctured his leg.

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Imperial couple briefed on WWII battlefield in west Pacific

Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (L) are briefed on April 9, 2015, by Vice Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Atsuko Muraki on Angaur Island, one of the fiercest World War II battlefields seen afar from Peleliu Island in the western Pacific republic of Palau. The imperial couple earlier offered white chrysanthemum flowers and silent prayers on Peleliu at the Monument of the War Dead in the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese emperor, empress visit Palau to commemorate war dead

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bow deeply toward Angaur Island (background) after laying flowers at the Monument of the War Dead (L) on Peleliu Island in the western Pacific republic of Palau on April 9, 2015, to commemorate those who died there during World War II. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bow toward Angaur Island from Peleliu Island, both of which were World War II battle fields in Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited the west Pacific nation to commemorate those who lost their lives there during the war. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bow toward Angaur Island from Peleliu Island, both of which were World War II battle fields in Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited the west Pacific nation to commemorate those who lost their lives there during the war. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bow toward Angaur Island from Peleliu Island, both of which were World War II battle fields in Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited the west Pacific nation to commemorate those who lost their lives there during the war. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo