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Okinawa governor gives "kariyushi" shirt to Japan PM Ishiba

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press after giving Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba a formal "kariyushi" Okinawan shirt at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 20, 2025. During the meeting, Ishiba apologized for controversial remarks made by Shoji Nishida, a hawkish lawmaker from Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in which he claimed that exhibits at a war memorial in Okinawa distorted the history of one of the fiercest World War II battles.

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Okinawa governor gives "kariyushi" shirt to Japan PM Ishiba

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press after giving Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba a formal "kariyushi" Okinawan shirt at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 20, 2025. During the meeting, Ishiba apologized for controversial remarks made by Shoji Nishida, a hawkish lawmaker from Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in which he claimed that exhibits at a war memorial in Okinawa distorted the history of one of the fiercest World War II battles.

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Japan PM Ishiba meets Okinawa governor

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) speaks with Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 20, 2025, after the governor presented a formal "kariyushi" Okinawan shirt to the premier. During the meeting, Ishiba apologized for controversial remarks made by Shoji Nishida, a hawkish lawmaker from Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in which he claimed that exhibits at a war memorial in Okinawa distorted the history of one of the fiercest World War II battles.

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MIDEAST-GAZA-KHAN YOUNIS-ISRAELI ASSAULT

(240123) -- KHAN YOUNIS, Jan. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People leave their home in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Jan. 23, 2024. Israeli forces have intensified their assault on the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, storming medical centers and killing dozens of Palestinians, in their fiercest fighting in the area thus far, Israeli and Palestinian sources said on Monday (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-KHAN YOUNIS-ISRAELI ASSAULT

(240123) -- KHAN YOUNIS, Jan. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 23, 2024 shows a view of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis. Israeli forces have intensified their assault on the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, storming medical centers and killing dozens of Palestinians, in their fiercest fighting in the area thus far, Israeli and Palestinian sources said on Monday (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-KHAN YOUNIS-ISRAELI ASSAULT

(240123) -- KHAN YOUNIS, Jan. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 23, 2024 shows a view of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis. Israeli forces have intensified their assault on the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, storming medical centers and killing dozens of Palestinians, in their fiercest fighting in the area thus far, Israeli and Palestinian sources said on Monday (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-KHAN YOUNIS-ISRAELI ASSAULT

(240123) -- KHAN YOUNIS, Jan. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Military vehicles are pictured in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Jan. 23, 2024. Israeli forces have intensified their assault on the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, storming medical centers and killing dozens of Palestinians, in their fiercest fighting in the area thus far, Israeli and Palestinian sources said on Monday (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

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Japanese nonprofit group donates passenger ship to Palau

KOROR, Palau - Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2014, in the state of Koror, Palau, shows a passenger ship, the Nippon Maru II, which was donated by the Tokyo-based nonprofit organization Nippon Foundation to the Pacific island nation. It will connect Palau's most populous state of Koror and Peleliu Island, one of the fiercest battlefields in the Pacific during World War II.

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Japan-U.S. joint memorial service on Iwoto Island

TOKYO, Japan - Bereaved relatives of the war dead on Iwoto Island in the Pacific, scene of one of the fiercest battles between Japan and the United States during World War II, pour water over a monument after a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service on the island on March 19, 2014. Some 22,000 Japanese soldiers and 7,000 U.S. soldiers died during the month-long battle on the island, previously known as Iwojima. (Pool photo)

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Japan-U.S. joint memorial service on Iwoto Island

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Hinomaru and the U.S. Stars and Stripes flags are hoisted next to a memorial during a joint memorial service for the war dead on Iwoto Island in the Pacific, scene of one of the fiercest battles between Japan and the United States during World War II, on March 19, 2014. Some 22,000 Japanese soldiers and 7,000 U.S. soldiers died during the month-long battle on the island, previously known as Iwojima. (Pool photo)

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PM Abe visits Iwoto Island

IWOTO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front, 2nd from L) on April 14, 2013, inspects a site of a long-running government project to recover the remains of war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima island, the scene of one of the fiercest battles between Japan and the United States during World War II. (Pool photo)

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PM Abe visits Iwoto Island

IWOTO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers flowers on April 14, 2013 during a memorial service to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima island, the scene of one of the fiercest battles between Japan and the United States during World War II. (Pool photo)

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The Fiercest Heart - film (1961)

Stuart Whitman & Raymond Massey Characters: Steve Bates & Willem Prinsloo Film: The Fiercest Heart (1960) Director: George Sherman 26 March 1961 Date: 26-Mar-61

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The Fiercest Heart - film (1961)

Juliet Prowse & Stuart Whitman Characters: Francina & Steve Bates Film: The Fiercest Heart (1961) Director: George Sherman 26 March 1961 Date: 26-Mar-61

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII war dead on Iwoto Island

Family members of those who died on Iwoto Island in the Pacific in one of the fiercest battles of World War II arrive at the island on March 21, 2015, to attend a Japan-U.S. ceremony to commemorate them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII war dead on Iwoto Island

Pool photo shows family members of those who died on Iwoto Island in the Pacific in one of the fiercest battles of World War II arriving at the island on March 21, 2015, to attend a Japan-U.S. ceremony to commemorate them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII war dead on Iwoto Island

A Japan-U.S. joint ceremony is held March 19, 2016, on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific to commemorate the 29,000 people who died in one of the fiercest battles of World War II. Veterans, relatives of the dead and senior government officials from the two nations attended it. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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 imperial couple to visit Palau

Photo taken March 24, 2015, from a helicopter chartered by Kyodo News shows Peleliu Island, Palau. Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will make a two-day visit from April 8 to the island nation, one of the fiercest battlefields in the Pacific during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII war dead on Iwoto Island

Japan and the United States hold a joint ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of one of the fiercest battles of World War II on Iwoto Island in the Pacific on March 21, 2015. About 550 people including veterans, relatives of the dead and senior government officials from the two countries took part in the ceremony mark the Battle of Iwojima, the previous name of the island. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII war dead on Iwoto Island

Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R), welfare minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki (2nd from L) and others jointly offer a wreath of flowers at a memorial monument during a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of one of the fiercest battles of World War II on Iwoto Island in the Pacific on March 21, 2015. Japan and the United States held the ceremony to mark the Battle of Iwojima, the previous name of the island, with 550 participants including veterans, relatives of the dead and senior government officials from the two countries. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII war dead on Iwoto Island

U.S. veterans jointly offer a wreath of flowers at a memorial monument during a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of one of the fiercest battles of World War II on Iwoto Island in the Pacific on March 21, 2015. Japan and the United States held the ceremony to mark the Battle of Iwojima, the previous name of the island, with 550 participants including veterans, relatives of the dead and senior government officials from the two countries. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII war dead on Iwoto Island

Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R), welfare minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki (2nd from L) and others jointly offer a wreath of flowers at a memorial monument during a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of one of the fiercest battles of World War II on Iwoto Island in the Pacific on March 21, 2015. Japan and the United States held the ceremony to mark the Battle of Iwojima, the previous name of the island, with 550 participants including veterans, relatives of the dead and senior government officials from the two countries. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII war dead on Iwoto Island

Japan and the United States hold a joint ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of one of the fiercest battles of World War II on Iwoto Island in the Pacific on March 21, 2015. About 550 people including veterans, relatives of the dead and senior government officials from the two countries took part in the ceremony mark the Battle of Iwojima, the previous name of the island. (Pool photo by Jiji Press)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII war dead on Iwoto Island

Pool photo taken March 21, 2015, shows a Japan-U.S. ceremony on Iwoto Island in the Pacific to commemorate the 29,000 people who died in one of the fiercest battles of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man shows postcard from father killed on Pacific island in WWII

Akihiro Nakamura, a 72-year-old tax accountant, shows in Sendai, northeastern Japan, in August 2015 a copy of the postcard written by his father Minoru who died on the Pacific island of Iwoto, some 1,250 kilometers south of Tokyo, in one of the fiercest battles of World War II. The postcard, in which Minoru expressed feelings for his wife and son Akihiro, was picked up by a U.S. soldier on the island and returned to his family at the end of 2009. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit Iwoto Island

Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko pour water on the cenotaph to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, some 1,200 kilometers south of Tokyo. About 20,000 Japanese soldiers died on the island, in one of the fiercest battles toward the end of WWII. Photo taken in February 1994. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony held on Iwoto Island in memory of WWII war dead

A bird's eye view of Iwoto Island, formerly known as Iwojima, where over 20,000 Japanese soldiers died in one of the fiercest battles toward the end of World War II, is taken from a Tokyo Metropolitan Government chartered plane on Oct. 15, 2015. The metropolitan government hosted an annual memorial service for the war dead on the island the same day. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony held on Iwoto Island in memory of WWII war dead

Relatives of those who died on Iwojima during World War II offer flowers at a memorial service for the war dead hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Iwoto Island on Oct. 15, 2015. More than 20,000 Japanese soldiers died on the island, now called Iwoto, in one of the fiercest battles toward the end of WWII. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony held on Iwoto Island in memory of WWII war dead

Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (C) joins other guests including Junko Ikeda (R), representative for relatives of those who died on Iwojima in World War II, in pouring water on the cenotaph after a memorial service for the war dead on Iwoto Island on Oct. 15, 2015. More than 20,000 Japanese soldiers died on the island, now called Iwoto, in one of the fiercest battles toward the end of WWII. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony held on Iwoto Island in memory of WWII war dead

Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (C) joins other guests including Junko Ikeda (R), representative for relatives of those who died on Iwojima in World War II, during a memorial service for the war dead on Iwoto Island on Oct. 15, 2015. More than 20,000 Japanese soldiers died on the island, now called Iwoto, in one of the fiercest battles toward the end of WWII. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese nonprofit group donates passenger ship to Palau

KOROR, Palau - Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2014, in the state of Koror, Palau, shows a passenger ship, the Nippon Maru II, which was donated by the Tokyo-based nonprofit organization Nippon Foundation to the Pacific island nation. It will connect Palau's most populous state of Koror and Peleliu Island, one of the fiercest battlefields in the Pacific during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Peace museum in India's Imphal

Imphal Peace Museum opens in the suburbs of Imphal, northeastern India, on June 22, 2019. The museum, built by Japan's Nippon Foundation, opened in the year marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal, one of the fiercest World War II battles. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Peace museum in India's Imphal

Imphal Peace Museum opens in the suburbs of Imphal, northeastern India, on June 22, 2019. The museum, built by Japan's Nippon Foundation, opened in the year marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal, one of the fiercest World War II battles. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese actress Haruka Ayase

Japanese actress Haruka Ayase delivers a speech during a ceremony to kick off a parade event commemorating the former Aizu domain in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 23, 2018. The Aizu domain lost to forces against the ruling Tokugawa shogunate in the Boshin war (1868-1869) and Aizuwakamatsu was one of the fiercest battlefields in the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII dead on Iwoto Island

Japan and the United States hold a joint memorial service on March 25, 2017, on Iwoto Island in the Pacific to commemorate those who died in one of the fiercest battles of World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII dead on Iwoto Island

Japan and the United States hold a joint memorial service on March 25, 2017, on Iwoto Island in the Pacific to commemorate those who died in one of the fiercest battles of World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. commemorate WWII dead on Iwoto Island

Japan and the United States hold a joint memorial service on March 25, 2017, on Iwoto Island in the Pacific to commemorate those who died in one of the fiercest battles of World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo