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Palau President Whipps

Palau President Surangel Whipps speaks during an interview in his office in Koror, Palau, on Nov. 12, 2024, after his reelection as president.

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Palau President Whipps

Palau President Surangel Whipps speaks during an interview in his office in Koror, Palau, on Nov. 12, 2024, after his reelection as president.

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Palau President Whipps

Palau President Surangel Whipps speaks during an interview in his office in Koror, Palau, on Nov. 12, 2024, after his reelection as president.

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Japanese expert advises Palau on recycling program

Katsuo Fuji (L), a Japanese environmental recycling expert, poses at a recycling plant in Koror, Palau, as seen in this file photo taken on Aug. 2, 2014. Under Japan's public-private support program, Fuji gives advice to the management of the plant, which recycles more than 95 percent of all plastic bottles and other packages sold in the South Pacific island republic's largest city.

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Japanese nonprofit group donates passenger ship to Palau

KOROR, Palau - Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2014, in the state of Koror, Palau, shows a passenger ship, the Nippon Maru II, which was donated by the Tokyo-based nonprofit organization Nippon Foundation to the Pacific island nation. It will connect Palau's most populous state of Koror and Peleliu Island, one of the fiercest battlefields in the Pacific during World War II.

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Taiwan's Chen expects Koizumi to visit, vows to finish term

KOROR, Palau - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks at a press conference in Palau on Sept. 5. Chen extended an invitation to outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to visit Taiwan in October to attend the inaugural ceremony of the island's first Japan-made high-speed railway.

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Taiwan's Chen arrives in Palau

KOROR, Palau - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian arrives in Koror, Palau, on Sept. 3 as part of a four-day state visit to two South Pacific allies.

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Taiwan's Chen attends Palau president's inauguration

KOROR, Palau - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian (C) attends an inauguration ceremony of Palau's President Tommy Remengesau (L) in Koror on Jan. 28.

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Chen says gap between China and Taiwan has widened

KOROR, Palau - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Koror, Palau, on Jan. 28. Chen called on his Chinese counterparts to renounce their hard-line position toward Taiwan to ease strained cross-strait relations. Chen is in Palau, one of Taiwan's few diplomatic allies, to attend President Tommy Remengesau's inauguration.

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Chen says gap between China and Taiwan has widened

KOROR, Palau - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Koror, Palau, on Jan. 28. Chen called on his Chinese counterparts to renounce their hard-line position toward Taiwan to ease strained cross-strait relations. Chen is in Palau, one of Taiwan's few diplomatic allies, to attend President Tommy Remengesau's inauguration. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan's Chen expects Koizumi to visit, vows to finish term

KOROR, Palau - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian speaks at a press conference in Palau on Sept. 5. Chen extended an invitation to outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to visit Taiwan in October to attend the inaugural ceremony of the island's first Japan-made high-speed railway. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan's Chen attends Palau president's inauguration

KOROR, Palau - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian (C) attends an inauguration ceremony of Palau's President Tommy Remengesau (L) in Koror on Jan. 28. (Kyodo)

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Palau's Koror Island

File photo taken March 24, 2015, from a helicopter chartered by Kyodo News shows the central part of Koror Island, part of the western Pacific nation of Palau. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paradise turned to hell after war brought starvation to Palau

Fuyuko Hiroichi, 78, whose parents were among the prewar Japanese settlers in Palau, is pictured in the Pacific island nation's Koror in February 2015. Her mother had no choice but to entrust Hiroichi and her two elder sisters to a native Palauan couple's care during the Pacific War as a lack of food caused her father and two of her siblings to die of malnutrition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese national flag tied to wreckage of Japanese war ship

A Chinese national flag is seen tied to the wreckage of the fleet oiler Iro of the Imperial Japanese Navy on the 40-metre deep seabed about 8 kilometers off Koror Island, Palau, on March 21, 2015. The area is a popular spot among divers. The ship was attacked by the U.S. Navy and sunk on March 30, 1944 during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional Palau dance performed for Japanese royal couple

A traditional dance in Palau is performed during a dinner reception held in honor of visiting Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on April 8, 2015, in Koror in the western Pacific island country. The royal couple visited Palau to commemorate the war dead before the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor says at banquet in Palau he will mourn all war dead

Pool photo taken April 8, 2015, shows Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Palauan President Tommy Remengesau walking into a room to attend a banquet held on Koror Island in the central part of Palau. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress to mourn Japan, U.S. war dead on Peleliu Island

Photo taken April 9, 2015, shows the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Akitsushima anchored off Koror, Palau, on which Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko spent the night before paying tribute to Japanese and U.S. war dead on Peleliu Island. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor says he will mourn all war dead in Palau

Pool photo taken April 8, 2015, shows a traditional dance performed at a banquet on Palau's Koror Island for Japan's imperial couple. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor says he will mourn all war dead in Palau

Pool photo taken April 8, 2015, shows Japanese Emperor Akihito (4th from R) and Empress Michiko (3rd from R) posing for a photo with Palauan President Tommy Remengesau (4th from L), Micronesian President Emanuel Mori (2nd from L), Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak (2nd from R) and their wives. They attended a banquet on Palau's Koror Island for the Japanese imperial couple. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Palau awaits arrival of Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko

Japanese Hinomaru flags are hoisted along a street in Koror, Palau, on April 8, 2015. Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are scheduled to visit the West Pacific nation to pay respects to those who lost their lives there during World War II, with this year marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Palau await for arrival of Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko

Palau national flags and Japanese Hinomaru flags are hoisted along a street on Palau's Koror Island on April 8, 2015. Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are scheduled to visit the West Pacific nation to pay respects to those who lost their lives there during World War II, with this year marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Palau await for arrival of Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko

Japanese Hinomaru flags are lined up along a street in the center of Koror Island of Palau on April 8, 2015. Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are scheduled to visit the West Pacific nation to pay respects to those who lost their lives there during World War II, with this year marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's WWII tanker lies on seabed off Palau island

The wreckage of an oil replenishment ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy lies at a depth of 26 meters in waters 8 kilometers off Koror Island in the western Pacific republic of Palau on March 23, 2015. Coral has formed at the top of a gun at the stern of the ship. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dugong swims near Palau's Koror Island

A dugong swims near Koror Island, Palau, on March 24, 2015. Waters around Palau in the western Pacific sustain a diverse array of marine life. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Palau pres. welcomes "historical" visit by Japan emperor, empress

Palauan President Tommy Remengesau attends an interview with Kyodo News in Koror, Palau, on March 27, 2015. He expressed gratitude for the decision by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko to visit the West Pacific island nation next month on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese flag tied onto wreck of WWII Japanese tanker

A Chinese flag is found tied onto the shipwreck of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Navy's tanker "Iro," sunk by U.S. forces during World War II, some 8 kilometers southwest of Koror Island of Palau, on March 21, 2015. It is a popular scuba diving spot. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese national flag tied to wreckage of Japanese war ship

A Chinese national flag is seen tied to the wreckage of the fleet oiler Iro of the Imperial Japanese Navy on the 40-metre deep seabed about 8 kilometers off Koror Island, Palau, on March 21, 2015. The area is a popular spot among divers. The ship was attacked by the U.S. Navy and sunk on March 30, 1944 during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan's Chen arrives in Palau

KOROR, Palau - Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian arrives in Koror, Palau, on Sept. 3 as part of a four-day state visit to two South Pacific allies. (Kyodo)

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Palau Uyghurs

KOROR, Palau - All six Uyghurs moved to Palau in Nov. 2009 from Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba talk to Kyodo News in their first residence in this island nation on March 8, 2012. The Uyghurs, who were released after being found to be noncombatants by the United States government but refused to return to their home province in China for fear of persecution, are urging the U.S. to fulfill soon its promise of finding them a permanent country of residence. (Kyodo)

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Palau Uyghurs

KOROR, Palau - Ahmat Abdulahad, 41, one of the six Uyghurs moved to Palau in Nov. 2009 from Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba talks to Kyodo News in their first residence in this island nation on March 10, 2012. The Uyghurs, who were released after being found to be non-combatants by the United States government but refused to return to their home province in China for fear of persecution, are urging the U.S. to fulfill soon its promise of finding them a permanent country of residence. (Kyodo)

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Palau president

KOROR, Palau - Palau President Johnson Toribiong talks to Kyodo News on March 9, 2012, about the present condition of the six Uyghurs moved to the island nation from Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba. The Uyghurs, who were released after being found to be noncombatants by the United States government but refused to return to their home province in China for fear of persecution, are urging the U.S. to fulfill soon its promise of finding them a permanent country of residence.(Kyodo)

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Japanese nonprofit group donates passenger ship to Palau

KOROR, Palau - Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2014, in the state of Koror, Palau, shows a passenger ship, the Nippon Maru II, which was donated by the Tokyo-based nonprofit organization Nippon Foundation to the Pacific island nation. It will connect Palau's most populous state of Koror and Peleliu Island, one of the fiercest battlefields in the Pacific during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Maritime aid projects in Palau

Photo taken Feb. 13, 2018, in Koror, Palau, shows a 40-meter patrol vessel that Japan's Nippon Foundation and Sasakawa Peace Foundation formally turned over, along with a maritime administrative building and three smaller patrol boats, to Palau. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo