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Memorial ceremony for unidentified war dead

Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Kenichiro Ueno (R) receives the remains of unidentified war dead to be newly interred during a memorial ceremony at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on May 25, 2026.

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Memorial ceremony for unidentified war dead

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a memorial ceremony for unidentified war dead at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on May 25, 2026.

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Memorial ceremony for unidentified war dead

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a memorial ceremony for unidentified war dead at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on May 25, 2026.

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Memorial service for unidentified Japanese war dead

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend a government-sponsored memorial service at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on May 26, 2025, to commemorate unidentified Japanese nationals who died overseas during World War II.

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Memorial service for unidentified Japanese war dead

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend a government-sponsored memorial service at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on May 26, 2025, to commemorate unidentified Japanese nationals who died overseas during World War II.

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Memorial service for unidentified Japanese war dead

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba offers flowers at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo during a government-sponsored memorial service to commemorate unidentified Japanese nationals who died overseas during World War II on May 26, 2025.

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Japan emperor, empress visit Iwoto Island

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are pictured after laying flowers at the Peace Cemetery Park on Iwoto Island in the Pacific Ocean on April 7, 2025, to commemorate the victims of the Japan-U.S. battle on the remote Tokyo island, previously known as Iwojima, during the final year of World War II. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress visit Iwoto Island

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako bow after laying flowers at the Peace Cemetery Park on Iwoto Island in the Pacific Ocean on April 7, 2025, to commemorate the victims of the Japan-U.S. battle on the remote Tokyo island, previously known as Iwojima, during the final year of World War II. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress visit Iwoto Island

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako lay flowers at the Peace Cemetery Park on Iwoto Island in the Pacific Ocean on April 7, 2025, to commemorate the victims of the Japan-U.S. battle on the remote Tokyo island, previously known as Iwojima, during the final year of World War II. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress visit Iwoto Island

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako lay flowers at the Peace Cemetery Park on Iwoto Island in the Pacific Ocean on April 7, 2025, to commemorate the victims of the Japan-U.S. battle on the remote Tokyo island, previously known as Iwojima, during the final year of World War II. (Pool photo)

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Japan marks 79th anniv. of WWII surrender

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida bows at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery for unidentified Japanese war dead in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2024, the 79th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.

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Japan marks 79th anniv. of WWII surrender

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida prepares to offer flowers at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery for unidentified Japanese war dead in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2024, the 79th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Japan marks 79th anniv. of WWII surrender

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida prepares to offer flowers at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery for unidentified Japanese war dead in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2024, the 79th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Japan crown prince at national cemetery

TOKYO, Japan, May 27 Kyodo - Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko bow at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo during a government-sponsored memorial service to commemorate unidentified Japanese nationals who died overseas during World War II on May 27, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Japan crown prince at national cemetery

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko bow at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo during a government-sponsored memorial service to commemorate unidentified Japanese nationals who died overseas during World War II on May 27, 2024.

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CHINA-BEIJING-GUBEIKOU GREAT WALL (CN)

(231205) -- BEIJING, Dec. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 14, 2023 shows the Gubeikou anti-Japanese war martyr's cemetery in Beijing, capital of China. Gubeikou Great Wall is located in Gubeikou Town, Miyun District of Beijing. The defense of the Great Wall is an important part of the early Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. In 1933, the Chinese troops fought against Japanese invaders at places including Lengkou, Xifengkou and Gubeikou of the Great Wall. As a part of the national anthem lyrics, the Great Wall is the spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation. The ancient Great Wall has witnessed Chinese people's patriotism, solidarity and strength. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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#CHINA-YUNNAN-TENGCHONG-STILWELL ROAD (CN)

(230901) -- KUNMING, Sept. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker removes fallen leaves from the statues of late U.S. generals Joseph Stilwell (L) and Claire Lee Chennault (R) at a cemetery in Tengchong, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Aug. 31, 2023. Linking the northeastern Indian town of Ledo and Yunnan's provincial capital Kunming via Tengchong, the 1,726-km-long Stilwell Road was named after American WWII General Joseph Stilwell. Dubbed a "lifeline for the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression," more than 50,000 tonnes of supplies were transported to battlefields in China during the war by the Stilwell Road. Stilwell was a former U.S. general who helped the Chinese government and people during the fight against Japanese aggression. During his 42-year military service, Stilwell made five visits to China and resided in the country for 12 years. While serving in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, he provided support to the Chinese people in their resistance against Japanese agg

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Memorial service for Japan's war dead

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida bows at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo during a memorial service to commemorate unidentified Japanese nationals who died overseas during World War II on Aug. 15, 2023, the 78th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.

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Memorial service for Japan's war dead

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida prepares to lay flowers at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo during a memorial service to commemorate unidentified Japanese nationals who died overseas during World War II on Aug. 15, 2023, the 78th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.

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Memorial service for Japan's war dead

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida lays flowers at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo during a memorial service to commemorate unidentified Japanese nationals who died overseas during World War II on Aug. 15, 2023, the 78th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.

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Memorial service for Japan's war dead

People pay their respects at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on May 29, 2023. A memorial ceremony was held there the same day to commemorate unidentified Japanese who died overseas during World War II.

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Memorial service for Japan's war dead

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is pictured before laying a flower at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on May 29, 2023, during a memorial service to commemorate unidentified Japanese who died overseas during World War II.

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Memorial service for Japan's war dead

Japanese Princess Kako pays respect at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on May 29, 2023, to commemorate unidentified Japanese who died overseas during World War II.

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Memorial service for Japan's war dead

Japanese Princess Kako attends a memorial service at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on May 29, 2023, to commemorate unidentified Japanese who died overseas during World War II. Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Katsunobu Kato is pictured on the left.

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Memorial service for Japan's war dead

Japanese Princess Kako (front R), alongside Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, attends a memorial service at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on May 29, 2023, to commemorate unidentified Japanese who died overseas during World War II.

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CHINA-MA YING-JEOU-MARTYRS-TRIBUTE (CN)

(230405) -- CHONGQING, April 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, visits a cemetery dedicated to General Zhang Zizhong, a senior officer killed during the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and pays tribute to fallen heroes during the war, in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, April 4, 2023. TO GO WITH "Ma Ying-jeou pays tribute to martyrs during war of resistance against Japanese aggression" (Xinhua/Cai Yang)

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CHINA-MA YING-JEOU-MARTYRS-TRIBUTE (CN)

(230405) -- CHONGQING, April 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, presents a flower to the tomb of General Zhang Zizhong, a senior officer killed during the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, while visiting a cemetery dedicated to the general, in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, April 4, 2023. TO GO WITH "Ma Ying-jeou pays tribute to martyrs during war of resistance against Japanese aggression" (Xinhua/Cai Yang)

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Niece of Japanese POW visits his grave in Australia

COWRA, Australia - Yasuko Hayashi (R), a niece of Michiaki Wakaomi who died of illness in 1945 as a prisoner of war in Australia, visits his grave at the Japanese War Cemetery in Cowra, eastern Australia, with her husband on Aug. 5, 2014, following the confirmation of Wakaomi's grave earlier this year.

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People observe silent prayer at Chidorigafuchi

TOKYO, Japan - People observe a silent prayer at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo around noon on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. While Japanese lawmakers' visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine have drawn criticism from China and South Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Secretary of State John Kerry offered flowers at Chidorigafuchi, rather than Yasukuni, when they visited Japan last October.

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Memorial for Japanese WWI dead in Malta

KALKARA, Malta - Photo shows a memorial marking the graves of members of the former Imperial Japanese Navy who died during World War I on the premises of the British Royal Navy cemetery in Kalkara, Malta, in the Mediterranean, on July 21, 2014.

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Japan citizen visits cemetery in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kuniyasu Ishihara pays respects at a site in Chongjin, North Korea, which the North Korean government says a cemetery for Japanese, on June 28, 2014. Ishihara is one of Japanese citizens, whose relatives died around the end of World War II in an area that is now part of North Korea, visiting North Korea.

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Japanese visit place considered cemetery for Japanese

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japanese citizens whose relatives died around the end of World War II in an area that is now part of North Korea visit a site considered a cemetery for Japanese in Chongjin, North Korea, on June 28, 2014.

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WWII anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows after laying flowers for unidentified Japanese who died overseas in World War II, at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2013, the 68th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.

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N. Korean site believed to contain remains of Japanese

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A man returns remains unearthed at a site on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2012, believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II. North Korea showed the Ryongsan Cemetery site to Kyodo News and other Japanese news organizations.

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N. Korean site believed to contain remains of Japanese

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Men dig at a site on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2012, believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II. North Korea showed the Ryongsan Cemetery site to Kyodo News and other Japanese news organizations.

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N. Korean site believed to contain remains of Japanese

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a site on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2012, believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II. North Korea showed the Ryongsan Cemetery site to Kyodo News and other Japanese news organizations.

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N. Korean site believed to contain remains of Japanese

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows shoes unearthed at a site on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2012, believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II. North Korea showed the Ryongsan Cemetery site to Kyodo News and other Japanese news organizations.

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N. Korea calls for Japanese response on remains issue

BEIJING, China - Jo Hui Sung, director of North Korea's Institute of History at the Academy of Social Sciences, shows Samhap-ri Cemetery in the vicinity of Pyongyang on June 22, 2012. North Korea has urged Japan to respond to its claim that it has found the remains of Japanese soldiers, military officials and civilians who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula during the final phase of World War II and in the confusion following it. Samhap-ri is one of two burial sites.

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Kan at ceremony commemorating WWII victims

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan offers flowers during a ceremony commemorating World War II victims who died overseas at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on May 30, 2011. The cemetery established by the government houses the remains of many unknown Japanese who died overseas during World War II.

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Remains from Iwoto

TOKYO, Japan - Participants in a government sponsored ceremony on Feb. 15, 2011, at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo offer prayers for Japanese soldiers who died on Iwoto Island in the closing days of World War II. In the ceremony, the remains of possibly 822 soldiers, discovered by a government team on the island in fiscal 2010, were handed over to the health ministry in charge of their management.

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Remains from Iwoto

TOKYO, Japan - Boxes containing the remains of possibly 822 Japanese soldiers who died on Iwoto Island in the closing days of World War II are carried during a ceremony at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2011. In the ceremony, the remains discovered by a government team on the island in fiscal 2010 were handed over to the health ministry in charge of their management.

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Crown Prince Naruhito in Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) greets people at the National Cemetery for the War Dead in Peace Memorial Park at Itoman in the southern Japan prefecture July 27, 2010.

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Crown Prince Naruhito in Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito offers flowers at the National Cemetery for the War Dead in Peace Memorial Park at Itoman in the southern Japan prefecture July 27, 2010.

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Okada offers flowers at Honolulu's national cemetery

HONOLULU, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (C) offers a wreath at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu honoring American soldiers who died in war on Jan. 11, 2010. Okada arrived in Honolulu a day earlier for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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Aso in national cemetery on WWII memorial

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso offers flowers at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 64th anniversary of the end of World War II.

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Japan imperial couple at cemetery in Honolulu

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko attend a ceremony to commemorate the victims of World War II and other conflicts at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu on July 15. The couple also offered a wreath and a silent prayer.

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Emperor, empress lay wreath at cemetery for American soldiers

HONOLULU, United States - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer silent prayers at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl, in Honolulu on July 15 after laying a wreath. More than 50,000 U.S. solders, including victims of the Pearl Harbor attack and Japanese-American servicemen who died during World War II, are buried there.

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Aso arrives in Seoul for summit with Lee

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) visits the National Cemetery dedicated to the war dead in Seoul on Jan. 11. Aso arrived in Seoul earlier in the day for talks with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak on Jan. 12.

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Prayers at Chidorigafuchi cemetery for unknown soldiers

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) visits Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on Aug. 15, the 63rd anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II, to honor the Japanese war-dead. The cemetery is dedicated to unknown Japanese soldiers who died abroad during the war.

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Prayers at Chidorigafuchi cemetery for unknown soldiers

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda offers flowers at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on Aug. 15 to honor the Japanese war-dead on the 63rd anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II. The cemetery is dedicated to unknown Japanese soldiers who died abroad during the war.