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Iwoto Island

Photo taken on March 29, 2025, shows a memorial monument on Iwoto Island in the Pacific Ocean, erected to commemorate the Japanese soldiers who died in the war against the United States. Japan and the United States fought a fierce battle on the island, previously known as Iwojima, resulting in the deaths of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers.

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Iwoto Island

File photo taken on Oct. 30, 2023, shows Iwoto Island, a World War II battleground in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought a fierce battle on the island, previously known as Iwojima, resulting in the deaths of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers.

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Iwoto Island

Photo taken on March 29, 2025, shows a memorial tower on Iwoto Island, a World War II battleground in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought a fierce battle on the island, previously known as Iwojima, resulting in the deaths of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers.

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Iwoto Island

Photo taken on March 29, 2025, shows a discarded tank on Iwoto Island, a World War II battleground in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought a fierce battle on the island, previously known as Iwojima, resulting in the deaths of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers.

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Los Angeles Wildfires Aftermath

Firefighters check wildfire-damaged structures in Altadena, California, United States, January 15, 2025. Firefighters continue to battle multiple major wildfires on Wednesday in Southern California as parts of the region are braced for extremely critical fire conditions caused by a new round of dangerous Santa Ana winds. Fierce wildfires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people and destroyed more than 12,300 structures. Local authorities confirmed that at least 26 people were still missing related to the ongoing wildfires. Photo by Qiu Chen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Los Angeles Wildfires Aftermath

Los Angeles Fire Rescue and San Diego Urban Search and Rescue teams, supported by deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, search wildfire-damaged structures in Altadena, California, United States, January 15, 2025. Firefighters continue to battle multiple major wildfires on Wednesday in Southern California as parts of the region are braced for extremely critical fire conditions caused by a new round of dangerous Santa Ana winds. Fierce wildfires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people and destroyed more than 12,300 structures. Local authorities confirmed that at least 26 people were still missing related to the ongoing wildfires. Photo by Qiu Chen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Los Angeles Wildfires Aftermath

Los Angeles Fire Rescue and San Diego Urban Search and Rescue teams, supported by deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, search wildfire-damaged structures in Altadena, California, United States, January 15, 2025. Firefighters continue to battle multiple major wildfires on Wednesday in Southern California as parts of the region are braced for extremely critical fire conditions caused by a new round of dangerous Santa Ana winds. Fierce wildfires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people and destroyed more than 12,300 structures. Local authorities confirmed that at least 26 people were still missing related to the ongoing wildfires. Photo by Qiu Chen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Los Angeles Wildfires Aftermath

Utility workers restore power lines in areas affected by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, United States, January 15, 2025. Firefighters continue to battle multiple major wildfires on Wednesday in Southern California as parts of the region are braced for extremely critical fire conditions caused by a new round of dangerous Santa Ana winds. Fierce wildfires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people and destroyed more than 12,300 structures. Local authorities confirmed that at least 26 people were still missing related to the ongoing wildfires. Photo by Qiu Chen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Los Angeles Wildfires Aftermath

Firefighters search wildfire-damaged structures in Altadena, California, United States, January 15, 2025. Firefighters continue to battle multiple major wildfires on Wednesday in Southern California as parts of the region are braced for extremely critical fire conditions caused by a new round of dangerous Santa Ana winds. Fierce wildfires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people and destroyed more than 12,300 structures. Local authorities confirmed that at least 26 people were still missing related to the ongoing wildfires. Photo by Qiu Chen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Los Angeles Wildfires Aftermath

Firefighters check wildfire-damaged structures in Altadena, California, United States, January 15, 2025. Firefighters continue to battle multiple major wildfires on Wednesday in Southern California as parts of the region are braced for extremely critical fire conditions caused by a new round of dangerous Santa Ana winds. Fierce wildfires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people and destroyed more than 12,300 structures. Local authorities confirmed that at least 26 people were still missing related to the ongoing wildfires. Photo by Qiu Chen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan searches for WWII soldier remains in Palau

Workers search for the remains of Japanese World War II soldiers at a mass burial site on the island of Peleliu, Palau, on Dec. 13, 2024, as part of a Japanese government project. The remains of about 2,400 soldiers are still unaccounted for among the 10,000 Japanese soldiers who died on the tiny Pacific island that was the site of a fierce battle with the United States.

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Japan searches for WWII soldier remains in Palau

Workers search for the remains of Japanese World War II soldiers at a mass burial site on the island of Peleliu, Palau, on Dec. 10, 2024, as part of a Japanese government project. The remains of about 2,400 soldiers are still unaccounted for among the 10,000 Japanese soldiers who died on the tiny Pacific island that was the site of a fierce battle with the United States.

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Japan searches for WWII soldier remains in Palau

Workers search for the remains of Japanese World War II soldiers at a mass burial site on the island of Peleliu, Palau, on Dec. 10, 2024, as part of a Japanese government project. The remains of about 2,400 soldiers are still unaccounted for among the 10,000 Japanese soldiers who died on the tiny Pacific island that was the site of a fierce battle with the United States.

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Friendly Fire Kills 5 Israeli Soldiers - Gaza

An Israeli army battle tank moves near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on May 16, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Five Israeli paratroopers were killed and several injured when an Israeli tank fired on them in the latest friendly-fire incident during the country’s war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. The Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday that a tank fired twice at the troops, with an initial review showing that it was likely the result of misidentification during fierce fighting with “Hamas in a dense urban area” in Jabalia. IDF troops have returned to the ruins of the northern Gaza refugee camp a few months after Israel had declared the area cleared of Hamas fighters. Photo by Saeed Qaq/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Friendly Fire Kills 5 Israeli Soldiers - Gaza

An Israeli army battle tank moves near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on May 16, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Five Israeli paratroopers were killed and several injured when an Israeli tank fired on them in the latest friendly-fire incident during the country’s war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. The Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday that a tank fired twice at the troops, with an initial review showing that it was likely the result of misidentification during fierce fighting with “Hamas in a dense urban area” in Jabalia. IDF troops have returned to the ruins of the northern Gaza refugee camp a few months after Israel had declared the area cleared of Hamas fighters. Photo by Saeed Qaq/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Friendly Fire Kills 5 Israeli Soldiers - Gaza

An Israeli army battle tank moves near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on May 16, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Five Israeli paratroopers were killed and several injured when an Israeli tank fired on them in the latest friendly-fire incident during the country’s war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. The Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday that a tank fired twice at the troops, with an initial review showing that it was likely the result of misidentification during fierce fighting with “Hamas in a dense urban area” in Jabalia. IDF troops have returned to the ruins of the northern Gaza refugee camp a few months after Israel had declared the area cleared of Hamas fighters. Photo by Saeed Qaq/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NEV makers move fast in China leveraging innovation, cooperation

STORY: NEV makers move fast in China leveraging innovation, cooperation SHOOTING TIME: recent footage DATELINE: May 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: HEFEI/GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the NEV sector STORYLINE: Fierce competition has driven up technological innovation and industrial upgrading in China's new energy vehicle (NEV) sector, with auto brands revving up investment and seeking cooperation. In the first quarter of this year, China's NEV sales climbed 31.8 percent year on year to 2.09 million units, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Data from the association also showed that the country's NEV sales surged 37.9 percent year on year to about 9.5 million last year, compared with just 75,000 a decade ago. However, last year saw a survival battle among Chinese NEV makers, after the withdrawal of financial subsidies for NEVs that had been in place for 13 years. While traditional automakers from home and abroad are accelerating the electrifi

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Battle between major Japanese gangster syndicates

TOKYO, Japan, April 25 Kyodo - File photo taken on April 18, 1985, shows a pistol and bullets confiscated by police who were investigating a fierce battle between Japan's two largest underground gangster syndicates -- Yamaguchi-gumi and Ichiwa-kai -- in the 1980s.

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Fierce battle between major Japanese underground syndicates

KOBE, Japan, April 25 Kyodo - A bullet hole (arrow mark) is seen on the front window of a vehicle ridden by members of the Ichiwa-kai underground gangster syndicate in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 14, 1985. A shooter belonging to Ichiwa-kai's rival, Yamaguchi-gumi, opened fire at the vehicle when it was parked at a crossing in the western Japan city earlier in the day.

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Fierce battle between major Japanese underground syndicates

YAWATA, Japan, April 25 Kyodo - Police investigators search a residence of the leader of a group affiliated with the Ichiwa-kai underground gangster syndicate in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 14, 1985, following a shooting incident blamed on Ichiwa-kai's rival, Yamaguchi-gumi, that left two affiliate group members injured.

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Fierce battle between major Japanese underground syndicates

OSAKA, Japan, April 25 Kyodo - Riot police officers confront members of the Yamaguchi-gumi underground gangster syndicate to keep them at bay from Osaka Police Hospital in the western Japan city on Jan. 26, 1985. The syndicate's leader Masahisa Takenaka was admitted to the hospital earlier in the day after being shot by members belonging to the syndicate's rival, Ichiwa-kai.

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Fierce fighting continues around strategic camp south of Sudanese capital

STORY: Fierce fighting continues around strategic camp south of Sudanese capital DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:01 LOCATION: Khartoum CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sudanese army soldiers 2. various of RSF fighters STORYLINE: The fierce clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued on Monday around the strategic armored corps camp at Al-Shajara military area, south of the capital Khartoum. "For the second day, the rebel militia attempted to enter the armored corps camp," Nabil Abdalla, the SAF's spokesman, said in a statement. "Our forces repulsed the militia and inflicted heavy losses of lives and equipment on them," the statement said. The RSF, for its part, said in a statement on Monday that its forces "achieved a great victory today in the battle at the armored corps in Khartoum, inflicting heavy losses among Al-Burhan's militia and the remnants of the defunct regime." The statement noted that the RSF has cont

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Japanese community papers in fierce battle in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Toshimasa Tomiyama, publisher of Nikkan San, a Japanese community paper based in Los Angeles, holds a copy of the paper in Gardena, California, on Oct. 16, 2014. Nikkan San is published five days a week.

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Japanese community papers in fierce battle in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Ryoichi Miura, publisher of the Shukan New York Seikatsu, a New York City-based Japanese community paper with a weekly circulation of around 20,000 copies, holds a copy of the paper in New York on Oct. 20, 2014.

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Japanese community papers in fierce battle in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Shintaro Tanaka (R), editor of Weekly NY Japion, a New York-based Japanese community paper, and NY Japion President Hitoshi Onishi, hold copies of Weekly NY Japion and Chopsticks NY, respectively, in New York on Oct. 24, 2014.

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Japanese community papers in fierce battle in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Tatsuo Mori, publisher of the Los Angeles-based Japanese community paper Weekly LALALA, places copies of the paper in a shelf for distribution at a Japanese supermarket in Torrance, California, on Oct. 16, 2014.

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Waters off South Pacific island where dud disposal continues

PELELIU, Palau - Waters off the coast of Peleliu, a Palau island where Japan and U.S. fought a fierce battle during World War II, are seen in this file photo taken on July 31, 2014. Organizations such as NGOs are carrying out an operation to dispose of a large amount of unexploded bombs and train local people to defuse them in a proper manner.

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Fukumi wins 1st title at Fukuoka int'l judo meet

FUKUOKA, Japan - World junior champion Tomoko Fukumi wins a close decision after a fierce battle against Kayo Kitada in the final of the 48-kilogram weight division to capture her first title at the Fukuoka International Women's Judo Tournament on Dec. 12.

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(1)Okinawa marks 57th anniversary of end of local battle

ITOMAN, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi offers a flower at a ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in the city of Itomanin, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23 to mark the 57th anniversary of the end of the battle of Okinawa. The fierce ground battle, in which about one-third of Okinawa's population of 450,000 died, was the only one fought against the Allied forces on civilian-occupied land in Japan during World War II.

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People pray on anniversary of end of Battle of Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - People at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, pray for peace on June 23 to mark the 56th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa between U.S. and Japanese forces. More than 200,000 people died in the fierce ground battle in the closing stages of World War II.

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Okinawa commemorates 55th anniversary of battle

ITOMAN, Japan - A ceremony is held in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the end of fierce fighting in Okinawa between U.S. and Japanese forces toward the end of World War II. The memorial service, which began at noon at the Peace Memorial Park in the city, was attended by about 5,000 people, including Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine, and the relatives of more than 200,000 people, mostly civilians, who were killed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.

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Italy do battle with Kazakstan

Italy and Kazakstan are locked in a fierce battle on Feb. 7 in the first ice-hockey clash of the Nagano Winter Olympics. Kazakstan roared back from a two-goal deficit to defeat Italy 5-3.

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Scene in Ukraine

Video taken on June 20, 2022, shows war-displaced people living at a meeting room of a condominium used as their accommodation facility in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine. A war-displaced man works at an industrial parts factory in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine, on June 22, 2022. The factory was moved to the city together with the man from an area of a fierce battle against Russia.

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Scene in Ukraine

A war-displaced man works at an industrial parts factory in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine, on June 22, 2022. The factory was moved to the city together with the man from an area of a fierce battle against Russia.

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Scene in Ukraine

War-displaced men work at an industrial parts factory in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine, on June 22, 2022. The factory was moved to the city together with them from an area of a fierce battle against Russia.

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Scene in Ukraine

A war-displaced man works at an industrial parts factory in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine, on June 22, 2022. The factory was moved to the city together with the man from an area of a fierce battle against Russia.

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Scene in Ukraine

A war-displaced man works at an industrial parts factory in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine, on June 22, 2022. The factory was moved to the city together with the man from an area of a fierce battle against Russia.

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Fukumi wins 1st title at Fukuoka int'l judo meet

FUKUOKA, Japan - World junior champion Tomoko Fukumi wins a close decision after a fierce battle against Kayo Kitada in the final of the 48-kilogram weight division to capture her first title at the Fukuoka International Women's Judo Tournament on Dec. 12. (Kyodo)

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People pray on anniversary of end of Battle of Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - People at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, pray for peace on June 23 to mark the 56th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa between U.S. and Japanese forces. More than 200,000 people died in the fierce ground battle in the closing stages of World War II.

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Okinawa commemorates 55th anniversary of battle

ITOMAN, Japan - A ceremony is held in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the end of fierce fighting in Okinawa between U.S. and Japanese forces toward the end of World War II. The memorial service, which began at noon at the Peace Memorial Park in the city, was attended by about 5,000 people, including Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine, and the relatives of more than 200,000 people, mostly civilians, who were killed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.

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Japan's defeat in the Japan-UK friendly rugby tournament

Japan loses to England by a large margin in the Japan-England friendly rugby tournament; England wins by a large margin of 38 to 18. <Caption> Scenes from the Japan-England friendly rugby tournament held at the National Stadium with 35,000 spectators, fierce battle, spectators cheering, cheering, scoreboard, Japan fighting back in the second half, Japan's first try in the second half, spectators celebrating, Japan losing by a large margin, shooting date: May 20, 1979.

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Japanese WWII veteran recalls fierce west Pacific island battle

Keiji Nagai, a 93-year-old former Japanese Imperial Army soldier, recalls at his home in Ibaraki, northeast of Tokyo, on March 30, 2015, the fierce World War II battle on Peleliu Island in the western Pacific republic of Palau in 1944 in which almost all 10,000 Japanese garrison soldiers perished. He said it would have been easier for him to have chosen an honorable suicide by charging enemy forces than hiding in the island's jungle and suffering from hunger. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Navy seaman hails emperor's visit to Peleliu for fallen comrades

Photo taken Jan. 21, 2015, in Japan's southwestern city of Chikugo shows Kiyokazu Tsuchida, a former Japanese seaman who survived a fierce 1944 battle with U.S. troops on Peleliu Island in Palau. Tsuchida, 95, waited in anticipation for the arrival on April 9 of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on the island, saying, "When (the souls of the fallen comrades) meet with the emperor, they would be delighted and surprised." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-soldier recalls narrow escape in Palau battle that killed comrades

Takashi Oike, a 93-year-old former Japanese soldier, is interviewed in Kiryu, Gunma Prefecture, in February 2015. Japan fought an "unwinnable" war against the United States, Oike said in recalling the fierce battle that killed his army comrades in Palau during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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94-year-old Japanese war veteran recalls WWII Guadalcanal Battle

Chosei Hashimoto, a 94-year-old former Imperial Japanese Army soldier, recounts the fierce battle he experienced on the south Pacific island of Guadalcanal during World War II in an interview with Kyodo News in Nagoya, central Japan, on Feb. 22, 2015. He expressed his belief that most Japanese wish to uphold the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-soldier talks with emperor, empress

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko talk to Kiyokazu Tsuchida (C), a former Japanese seaman, on Peleliu Island, part of the west Pacific nation of Palau, on April 9, 2015. Tsuchida, 95, was a survivor of a fierce battle in Palau. The imperial couple visited the island to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Palau preparing for Japanese imperial couple's visit

Workers repair a road leading to a cenotaph erected by the Japanese government in 1985, on Peleliu Island, Palau, on March 27, 2015. On the island, an estimated 10,000 Japanese soldiers died in a fierce battle with U.S. forces in 1944. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Palau preparing for Japanese imperial couple's visit

Photo taken March 24, 2015, from a helicopter chartered by Kyodo News shows a cenotaph (C) erected by the Japanese government in 1985 on Peleliu Island, Palau. On the island, an estimated 10,000 Japanese soldiers died in a fierce battle with U.S. forces in 1944. The cenotaph was repaired recently in time for a visit to Palau by Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in April 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Palau preparing for Japanese imperial couple's visit

Photo taken March 27, 2015, shows a cenotaph erected by the Japanese government in 1985 on Peleliu Island, Palau. On the island, an estimated 10,000 Japanese soldiers died in a fierce battle with U.S. forces in 1944. The cenotaph was repaired recently in time for a visit to Palau by Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in April 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PNG's Kokoda Trail leading to mountain pass

Photo taken on July 25, 2015, shows part of the 96-kilometer Kokoda Trail leading to a mountain pass in Papua New Guinea. Australians seem eager to preserve memories of the 1942 fierce battle along the Kokoda jungle track fought between Australian and Japanese troops during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo