Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hiroo Onoda, a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer, riding a horse at his farm near Campo Grande, Brazil, in March 2012. Onoda, who continued fighting on a Philippine island for decades after Japan's surrender in World War II, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014 at age 91.

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1974 shows Hiroo Onoda (C) saluting after handing over a military sword on Lubang Island in the northwestern Philippines. Onoda, a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who remained on the island for nearly 29 years without knowledge of Japan's surrender in World War II, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014. He was 91.

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken by a rescue team in March 1974 shows a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer Hiroo Onoda (L) receiving a pack of cigarettes from his former commanding officer on Lubang Island in the northwestern Philippines. Onoda, who remained on the island for nearly 29 years without knowledge of Japan's surrender in World War II, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014. He was 91.

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1974 shows Hiroo Onoda (R) shaking hands with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos at Malacanang Palace in Manila, as the president's wife Imelda (L front) looks on. Onoda, a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who remained on Lubang Island in the northwestern Philippines for nearly 29 years without knowledge of Japan's surrender in World War II, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014. He was 91.

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2005 shows Hiroo Onoda. Onoda, a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who remained on Lubang Island in the northwestern Philippines for nearly 29 years without knowledge of Japan's surrender in World War II before returning to Japan in March 1974, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014. He was 91.

Mr. Onoda to Return to Society

Mr. Hiroo Onoda visited the bereaved families of Corporal Shoichi Shimada and Private First Class Kinshichi Kozuka, his friends in Lubang, and entered his hometown in Wakayama. Mr. Onoda visits Yasukuni Shrine, bows at the Imperial Palace, meets Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka offers words of condolence to Mr. Onoda, date of shooting unknown, release date: April 5, 1974.