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S. Korea marks 80th anniv. of independence

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (front row, C) waves during a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of Japanese colonial rule in 1945. (Pool photo)

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S. Korea marks 80th anniv. of independence

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech in a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of Japanese colonial rule in 1945. (Pool photo)

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S. Korea marks 79th anniv. of independence

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers a speech in a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2024, to mark the 79th anniversary of the end of Japanese colonial rule in 1945.

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S. Korea marks 79th anniv. of independence

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers a speech in a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2024, to mark the 79th anniversary of the end of Japanese colonial rule in 1945.

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S. Korea marks 79th anniv. of independence

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (front, 2nd from L) attends a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2024, to mark the 79th anniversary of the end of Japanese colonial rule in 1945.

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S. Korea President Yoon

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers a speech in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2023, during a ceremony to mark the 78th anniversary of his country's liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945. (Pool photo)

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S. Korea President Yoon

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers a speech in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2023, during a ceremony to mark the 78th anniversary of his country's liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945. (Pool photo)

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Story of bombing on Japan's last day in WWII

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows cover and several inside pages from "Hamanasu ha mita," a story based on the U.S. bombing of the Tsuchizaki region of Akita City in northeastern Japan on the night of Aug. 14 and early Aug. 15, 1945. Japan's unconditional surrender in WWII was announced on Aug. 15, 1945.

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Story of bombing on Japan's last day in WWII

AKITA, Japan - Hisaharu Sasaki, professor emeritus at Akita University, in August 2014 holds "Hamanasu ha mita," a cartoon story based on the U.S. bombing of the Tsuchizaki region of Akita City, northeastern Japan, on the night of Aug. 14 and early Aug. 15, 1945, in the city. Japan's unconditional surrender in WWII was announced on Aug. 15, 1945.

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Nagaoka fireworks for war remembrance at Pearl Harbor

HONOLULU, United States - Photo taken Aug. 11, 2014, shows a plate at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, explaining Japan's attack on the harbor in 1941 bringing the United States' direct participation in World War II. Sister cities Honolulu and Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture have announced a plan to hold a firework display using fireworks from the Japanese city, which has a century-old fireworks tradition, at Pearl Harbor on Aug. 15, 2015, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War. Aug. 15 is the day Japan surrendered in 1945.

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Nagaoka fireworks for war remembrance at Pearl Harbor

HONOLULU, United States - Tourists view Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Aug. 11, 2014. Sister cities Honolulu and Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture have announced a plan to hold a firework display using fireworks from the Japanese city, which has a century-old fireworks tradition, at Pearl Harbor on Aug. 15, 2015, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War. Aug. 15 is the day Japan surrendered in 1945.

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Hiroshima stone monument in Britain

ALREWAS, Britain - Japanese Ambassador to Britain Keiichi Hayashi (L) takes part in a ceremony on Aug. 15, 2012, marking the completion of a monument at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, northwestern England, with a stone from the ruins of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

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Liberation Day in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean civic group dance while waving national flags at a square in front of the Seoul city office to commemorate Liberation Day on Aug. 15, 2012. Aug. 15 is the anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II and is celebrated as Liberation Day in South Korea to mark Korea's independence from Japan's 1910 to 1945 colonial rule.

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Liberation Day in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows participants of a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2012, to celebrate Liberation Day, which marks Korea's independence from Japan's 1910 to 1945 colonial rule with Japan's defeat in World War II.

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Liberation Day in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak delivers a speech during a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2012, to celebrate Liberation Day, which marks Korea's independence from Japan's 1910 to 1945 colonial rule with Japan's defeat in World War II.

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Liberation Day in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak delivers a speech during a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2012, to celebrate Liberation Day, which marks Korea's independence from Japan's 1910 to 1945 colonial rule with Japan's defeat in World War II.

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Liberation Day in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak delivers a speech during a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2012, to celebrate Liberation Day, which marks Korea's independence from Japan's 1910 to 1945 colonial rule with Japan's defeat in World War II.

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Liberation Day in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (C) attends a ceremony in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2012, to celebrate Liberation Day, which marks Korea's independence from Japan's 1910 to 1945 colonial rule with Japan's defeat in World War II.

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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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'Witness' to Japan's defeat in World War II

TOKYO, Japan - A weather chart preserved at the National Archives for 54 years shows fine weather in Tokyo with a temperature of 32 degrees Celsius on Aug. 15, 1945, the day Japan surrendered to end World War II.