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80th anniversary of end of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L) visits a museum near the Tower of Himeyuri in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. More than half of around 240 female students mobilized as nursing aides, called Himeyuri Gakutotai, died in the battle along with their teachers. (Pool photo)

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80th anniversary of end of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba prepares to lay flowers at the Tower of Himeyuri in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. More than half of around 240 female students mobilized as nursing aides, called Himeyuri Gakutotai, died in the battle along with their teachers. (Pool photo)

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80th anniversary of end of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L) visits a museum near the Tower of Himeyuri in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. More than half of around 240 female students mobilized as nursing aides, called Himeyuri Gakutotai, died in the battle along with their teachers. (Pool photo)

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Renovated Himeyuri Peace Museum in Okinawa

The Himeyuri Peace Museum in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, featuring female students who died in the World War II Battle of Okinawa in 1945 while nursing wounded Japanese soldiers as members of the Himeyuri Gakutotai nursing unit, is unveiled to surviving unit members after renovation on April 11, 2021, a day ahead of its opening to the public.

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Renovated Himeyuri Peace Museum in Okinawa

The Himeyuri Peace Museum in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, featuring female students who died in the World War II Battle of Okinawa in 1945 while nursing wounded Japanese soldiers as members of the Himeyuri Gakutotai nursing unit, is unveiled to surviving unit members after renovation on April 11, 2021, a day ahead of its opening to the public.

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Renovated Himeyuri Peace Museum in Okinawa

The Himeyuri Peace Museum in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, featuring female students who died in the World War II Battle of Okinawa in 1945 while nursing wounded Japanese soldiers as members of the Himeyuri Gakutotai nursing unit, is unveiled to surviving unit members after renovation on April 11, 2021, a day ahead of its opening to the public. (Pool photo)

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Head of war museum in Okinawa

Photo taken May 24, 2018, shows Chokei Futenma, head of the Himeyuri peace memorial museum in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture. Futenma is the first director born after World War II in charge of the museum dedicated to hand down the stories of Himeyuri Gakutotai, a nursing unit consisting of female students and teachers mobilized during the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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75th anniversary of end of World War II Okinawa battle

A memorial service is held at the Tower of Himeyuri in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the end of a major ground battle in Okinawa during World War II. More than half of over 220 female students mobilized as nursing aides called Himeyuri Gakutotai died in the battle along with their teachers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo