Actor-director Yamamura dies

Actor-director Yamamura dies

TOKYO, Japan - Actor and film director So Yamamura (in this file photo) died May 26 of a heart attack at a Tokyo hospital, his family said May 29. He was 90. He played Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto in ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' -- a 1970 U.S. film directed by Richard Fleischer depicting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Actor-director Yamamura dies

Actor-director Yamamura dies

TOKYO, Japan - Actor and film director So Yamamura (in this file photo) died May 26 of a heart attack at a Tokyo hospital, his family said May 29. He was 90. He played Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto in ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' -- a 1970 U.S. film directed by Richard Fleischer depicting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Japanese city commemorates Pearl Harbor victims with fireworks

Japanese city commemorates Pearl Harbor victims with fireworks

Fireworks resembling white chrysanthemum flowers, which are often presented at memorial services in Japan to honor the dead, explode over Japan's Nagaoka city on Dec. 8, 2015, the 74th anniversary of Japan's Pearl Harbor attack, to commemorate the victims of the air raids and other victims of World War II. Nagaoka, the hometown of Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of the 1941 attack in Hawaii, was heavily damaged in air raids by the United States in August 1945. Overcoming the painful pasts, Nagaoka and Honolulu became sister cities, and the Japanese city famous for its fireworks has been conducting a memorial firework event every Dec. 8 since 2011. Nagaoka's fireworks were also displayed over Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Aug. 15, 2015, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of war in the Pacific. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nagaoka Fireworks at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor

Nagaoka Fireworks at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor

Fireworks from Japan's Nagaoka city explode over Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Aug. 15, 2015. Nagaoka, the hometown of Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor that launched the U.S. into World War II, brought its famous fireworks to Pearl Harbor to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of war in the Pacific. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nagaoka Fireworks at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor

Nagaoka Fireworks at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor

Fireworks from Japan's Nagaoka city explode over Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Aug. 15, 2015. Nagaoka, the hometown of Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor that launched the U.S. into World War II, brought its famous fireworks to Pearl Harbor to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of war in the Pacific. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nagaoka Fireworks at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor

Nagaoka Fireworks at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor

Fireworks from Japan's Nagaoka city resembling white chrysanthemum flowers, which are often presented at memorial services in Japan to honor the dead, explode over Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, the United States, on Aug. 15, 2015. Nagaoka, the hometown of Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor that launched the U.S. into World War II, brought its famous fireworks to Pearl Harbor to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of war in the Pacific. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

77th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

77th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

Tatsunobu Isoda (C), mayor of Japan's Nagaoka city, attends a ceremony in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 2018, marking the 77th anniversary of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Imperial Japanese Navy Marshal Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a native of Nagaoka, led Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor as commander-in-chief of its Combined Fleet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo