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80th anniv. of U.S. forces landing on Okinawan island

A photo exhibition is held on Zamami Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on March 26, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the landing of the U.S. forces on the Kerama Islands during the closing days of World War II.

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80th anniv. of U.S. forces landing on Okinawan island

A photo exhibition is held on Zamami Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on March 26, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the landing of the U.S. forces on the Kerama Islands during the closing days of World War II.

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Memorial ceremony in Okinawa

A memorial ceremony is held on March 26, 2025, on Zamami Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa to mark the 80th anniversary of the landing of the U.S. forces on the Kerama Islands during the closing days of World War II.

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P3C surveillance planes' drill off Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Two P3C Orion surveillance planes operated by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force fly over the sea off the Kerama Islands in the Japanese southernmost prefecture of Okinawa for training on Jan. 8, 2014. The drill, the first of this year, was open to the media and three P3Cs took part.

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Okinawa's Kerama Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in August 2013 shows the Kerama Islands in Okinawa Prefecture. Japanese Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara said on Dec. 24, 2013, that the Kerama Islands will be designated as a national park in March 2014.

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Okinawa's Kerama Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in August 2013 shows the Kerama Islands in Okinawa Prefecture. Japanese Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara said on Dec. 24, 2013, that the Kerama Islands will be designated as a national park in March 2014.

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Okinawa's Kerama Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in August 2013 shows the Kerama Islands in Okinawa Prefecture. Japanese Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara said on Dec. 24, 2013, that the Kerama Islands will be designated as a national park in March 2014.

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Okinawa's Kerama Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in August 2013 shows the Kerama Islands in Okinawa Prefecture. Japanese Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara said on Dec. 24, 2013, that the Kerama Islands will be designated as a national park in March 2014.

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Humpback whale near Okinawa's Kerama Islands

NAHA, Japan - A humpback whale reveals its tailfin before diving deep off Tokashiki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 24, 2012. Humpback whales, migrating from waters near Alaska to warmer waters, are often sighted off the Kerama Islands between around January and March, becoming a major attraction for whale-watching tours in the area.

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Kerama Islands haunted by wartime mass suicides

ZAMAMI, Japan - Hideo Higa, a guide for the Battle of Okinawa, stands in front of Yamatomma Trench on Zamami Island on March 8, where mass suicides took place under pressure from Japanese soldiers. The island in the village of Zamami, Okinawa Prefecture, is one of Kerama Islands, some 40 kilometers west of Naha on the main island of Okinawa.

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Underwater ruins in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Divers swim above giant stones that were arranged in a circle off Aka island, in the Kerama group of islets in Zamami, Okinawa Prefecture. The photo was taken on Nov. 29, 1996. (Kyodo)

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70th anniv. of U.S. landing on Kerama Islands in WWII

Fumio Hirata, a survivor of World War II, speaks on March 26, 2015, on Zamami Island, Okinawa Prefecture, at a memorial service held on the 70th anniversary of the 1945 landing of U.S. troops on the Kerama Islands during the Second World War. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial ceremony on Zamami

A memorial ceremony is held March 26, 2015, on Zamami Island, Okinawa Prefecture in southwestern Japan, to mark the 70th anniversary of the landing of the U.S. forces on the Kerama Islands including Zamami during the closing days of World War II, to mourn for the victims and renew a pledge not to fight a war again. The U.S. forces launched ground fighting in the area in the early morning on March 26, 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial ceremony on Zamami

A memorial ceremony is held March 26, 2015, on Zamami Island, Okinawa Prefecture in southwestern Japan, to mark the 70th anniversary of the landing of the U.S. forces on the Kerama Islands including Zamami during the closing days of World War II, to mourn for the victims and renew a pledge not to fight a war again. The U.S. forces launched ground fighting in the area in the early morning on March 26, 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kerama Islands haunted by wartime mass suicides

ZAMAMI, Japan - Hideo Higa, a guide for the Battle of Okinawa, stands in front of Yamatomma Trench on Zamami Island on March 8, where mass suicides took place under pressure from Japanese soldiers. The island in the village of Zamami, Okinawa Prefecture, is one of Kerama Islands, some 40 kilometers west of Naha on the main island of Okinawa. (Kyodo)

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Humpback whale near Okinawa's Kerama Islands

NAHA, Japan - A humpback whale reveals its tailfin before diving deep off Tokashiki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 24, 2012. Humpback whales, migrating from waters near Alaska to warmer waters, are often sighted off the Kerama Islands between around January and March, becoming a major attraction for whale-watching tours in the area. (Kyodo)

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Corals in Japan

File photo taken in August 2013 shows a coral reef in waters off Aka Island, part of the Kerama Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo