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Japan ministers visit war-related shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers from various parties, including transport minister Yuichiro Hata (far R), visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2012. Hata and Jin Matsubara, a state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, visited the World War II-related shrine on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war, the first by Cabinet members under a government led by the Democratic Party of Japan that came to power in 2009.

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Japan ministers visit war-related shrine

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows transport minister Yuichiro Hata (L) and Jin Matsubara, a state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals. Hata and Matsubara visited World War II-related Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, 2012, the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war, the first visit by Cabinet members under a government led by the Democratic Party of Japan that came to power in 2009.

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Japan ministers visit war-related shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Yuichiro Hata (L) visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2012. Hata and Jin Matsubara, a state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, visited the World War II-related shrine on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war, the first by Cabinet members under a government led by the Democratic Party of Japan that came to power in 2009.

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Japan ministers visit war-related shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Jin Matsubara (C), a state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, arrives at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2012. Matsubara and transport minister Yuichiro Hata visited the World War II-related shrine on the anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war, the first by Cabinet members under a government led by the Democratic Party of Japan that came to power in 2009.

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Indonesian translation of book on Japanese hero

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2009, shows Sakari Ono who stayed behind in Indonesia and fought alongside Indonesian independence troops against Dutch troops after the Japanese surrendered to the Allied forces on Aug. 15, 1945. The Indonesian-language version of a Japanese book about Ono is expected to be published in September 2011.

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Oldest elephant in Japan dies

ODAWARA, Japan - In this file photo taken on Aug. 15, 2009, Umeko, Japan's oldest elephant, is watered at a park in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture. Umeko, who was believed to be about 100 years old in human years, died at the presumed age of 62 on Sept. 17, 2009.

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'Precure' cosplayers pose

TOKYO, Japan - Three female costume role players dressed as characters from the popular Pretty Cure anime series pose for a photographer during the Comic Market event at the Tokyo Big Sight on Aug. 15, 2009. They kept smiling when asked to pose even under the scorching sun.

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Oldest elephant in Japan dies

ODAWARA, Japan - In this file photo taken on Aug. 15, 2009, Umeko, Japan's oldest elephant, is watered at a park in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture. Umeko, who was believed to be about 100 years old in human years, died at the presumed age of 62 on Sept. 17, 2009. (Kyodo)

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'Precure' cosplayers pose

TOKYO, Japan - Three female costume role players dressed as characters from the popular Pretty Cure anime series pose for a photographer during the Comic Market event at the Tokyo Big Sight on Aug. 15, 2009. They kept smiling when asked to pose even under the scorching sun. (Kyodo)

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Indonesian translation of book on Japanese hero

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2009, shows Sakari Ono who stayed behind in Indonesia and fought alongside Indonesian independence troops against Dutch troops after the Japanese surrendered to the Allied forces on Aug. 15, 1945. The Indonesian-language version of a Japanese book about Ono is expected to be published in September 2011. (Kyodo)