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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (far L) talks to Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Aiko (far R) on Oct. 23, 2025, at the Tokyo metropolitan memorial hall, which honors the estimated 100,000 people killed during U.S. air raids on the capital on the night of March 10, 1945, toward the end of World War II. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits WWII victim memorial hall in Tokyo

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (2nd from R) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet with a bereaved family member at the Tokyo metropolitan memorial hall on Oct. 23, 2025. It honors an estimated 100,000 people who were killed in a single night during U.S. air raids toward the end of World War II on March 10, 1945. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits WWII victim memorial hall in Tokyo

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (2nd from R) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet with a bereaved family member at the Tokyo metropolitan memorial hall on Oct. 23, 2025. It honors an estimated 100,000 people who were killed in a single night during U.S. air raids toward the end of World War II on March 10, 1945. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits WWII victim memorial hall in Tokyo

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at the Tokyo metropolitan memorial hall on Oct. 23, 2025. It honors an estimated 100,000 people who were killed in a single night during U.S. air raids toward the end of World War II on March 10, 1945. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits WWII victim memorial hall in Tokyo

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, bow at the Tokyo metropolitan memorial hall on Oct. 23, 2025. It honors an estimated 100,000 people who were killed in a single night during U.S. air raids toward the end of World War II on March 10, 1945. (Pool photo)

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Memorial service for Koreans killed in March 1945 air raids on Tokyo

A memorial ceremony for Koreans killed in the March 10, 1945, U.S. air raids on Tokyo is held in the Japanese capital on March 18, 2023, about a week after the 78th anniversary of the incident in which an estimated 100,000 people died in a single night during World War II. About 10 percent of the victims were said to be Koreans.

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Memorial service for Koreans killed in March 1945 air raids on Tokyo

A memorial ceremony for Koreans killed in the March 10, 1945, U.S. air raids on Tokyo is held in the Japanese capital on March 18, 2023, about a week after the 78th anniversary of the incident in which an estimated 100,000 people died in a single night during World War II. About 10 percent of the victims were said to be Koreans.

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Memorial service for Koreans killed in March 1945 air raids on Tokyo

A memorial ceremony for Koreans killed in the March 10, 1945, U.S. air raids on Tokyo is held in the Japanese capital on March 18, 2023, about a week after the 78th anniversary of the incident in which an estimated 100,000 people died in a single night during World War II. About 10 percent of the victims were said to be Koreans.

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Monument on Miyagi mountain for B-29 crashes

SENDAI, Japan - The "Cenotaph of Fubo," built for 34 U.S. crew members who died in crashes of three B-29 bombers on the ridge of Mt. Fubo on March 10, 1945, the day of the so-called Great Tokyo Air Raids, is seen on Aug. 2, 2014, in Shiraishi, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Man shows photos of B-29s crashed in 1945

SENDAI, Japan - Hiroshi Kawamata speaks in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2014, about his experience with showing pictures of U.S. B-29 bombers taken four months after they crashed on the ridge of Mt. Fubo in Shiraishi, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 1945, the day of the so-called Great Tokyo Air Raids. Residents in the city are planning to hold a memorial service for 34 crew members killed in the three B-29 crashes, in 2015, the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War.

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69th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - A memorial service is held at Tokyo Memorial Hall in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on March 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital. One estimate puts the death toll from the predawn air raids, involving more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers, at around 100,000.

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69th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - A memorial service is held at Tokyo Memorial Hall in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on March 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital. One estimate puts the death toll from the predawn air raids, involving more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers, at around 100,000.

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69th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - A woman offers flowers at Tokyo Memorial Hall in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on March 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital. One estimate puts the death toll from the predawn air raids, involving more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers, at around 100,000.

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69th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - Women offer flowers at Tokyo Memorial Hall in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on March 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital. One estimate puts the death toll from the predawn air raids, involving more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers, at around 100,000.

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67th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - People offer prayers during a memorial service in Tokyo on March 10, 2012, the 67th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital. One estimate puts the death toll from the air raids, involving more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers, at around 100,000.

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Commemorating Tokyo air raid

TOKYO, Japan - Women offer chrysanthemums at the cenotaph for victims of the March 10, 1945, U.S. air raid on Tokyo in Sumida Park in Tokyo's Taito Ward on March 10, 2011, the event's 66th anniversary. An estimated 100,000 people were killed in the single night's attack involving over 300 B-29 bombers.

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Google Street View to show inside A-Bomb Dome

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the A-Bomb Dome, a relic of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and a tricycle carrying a camera system to take images inside the dome for the Google Street View in Hiroshima on March 10, 2011. Google Inc. of the United States said the same day it will provide the images soon on Street View.

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Civilians riding oxcart, walking through Tokyo during wartime

TOKYO, Japan - Survivors of the May 25, 1945 air raids by B-29 bombers on Tokyo are seen walking and riding an oxcart through scorched Tokyo. The attack was the second deadliest after the March 10, 1945 air raids on the capital in which about 100,000 were killed. The photo was taken in Tokyo on May 30, 1945.

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Emperor Showa visits scorched area in Tokyo's Fukagawa area

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, visits the scorched land in Tokyo's Fukagawa area after air raids on the capital on March 10, 1945. The photo was taken on March 18, 1945.

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Old train car transformed into classroom, popular among kindergarteners

TOKYO, Japan - Students of Tomoe Kindergarten enjoy their classroom built out of an old train car. Tomoe Elementary School, whose unique teaching style was featured in the best-selling novel ''Totto-chan'' by actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, burnt down during the March 10, 1945 air raids on Tokyo, and only its kindergarten reopened. This file photo was taken on Nov. 2, 1948 in Jiyugaoka, Tokyo.

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Tokyo marks 63rd anniversary of 1945 U.S. air raids

TOKYO, Japan - Residents attend a government memorial service in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on March 10 in memory of the people who died in massive air raids the United States unleashed on the Japanese capital on March 10, 1945 during World War II. About 100,000 people died in the bombings. Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara attended the memorial service, along with Prince Hitachi, the younger brother of Emperor Akihito, and his wife Princess Hanako.

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Citizens file damages suit over 1945 Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - Some 110 people arrive at the Tokyo District Court in central Tokyo on March 9 to sue the state for damages and an apology for their suffering from U.S. air raids on Tokyo on March 10, 1945, which they said was caused by the government's delayed decision to end the war. The plaintiffs consist of citizens who suffered in the air raids and bereaved families.

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Sumo wrestler killed in World War II air raid

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows former sekiwake sumo wrestler Toyoshima, killed in the March 10, 1945 air raids on Tokyo. The date and place of the photo are unknown.

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Tokyo marks 60th anniversary of U.S. air raids in WWII

TOKYO, Japan - People offer flowers for the some 100,000 victims of the World War II U.S. firebombings March 10, 1945, before a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the bombings March 15 in Tokyo.

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A bird's eye view of area near Diet building

TOKYO, Japan - A bird's eye view of the area near the Diet building in central Tokyo scorched by the March 10, 1945 air raids. This photo was taken in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, in 1945, with its specific date unknown.

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Kijuro Shidehara

A diplomat turned politician who served as Japan's second postwar prime minister from October 1945 to May 1946. Shidehara became foreign minister twice before World War II (1924-27, 1929-31). The so-called Shidehara diplomacy of 1920s was characterized as its advocacy of international cooperation and a conciliatory attitude toward China. Born Aug. 11, 1872 and died March 10, 1951.

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Tokyo marks 60th anniversary of U.S. air raids in WWII

TOKYO, Japan - People offer flowers for the some 100,000 victims of the World War II U.S. firebombings March 10, 1945, before a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the bombings March 15 in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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2.27 Foster home saves war orphans' lives in postwar Tokyo

Hiro Ishiwata revisits an underground passage in Tokyo's Ueno Station in this file photo taken on Jan. 24, 2015, reminiscing how she went there numerous times with her mother in the immediate days after World War II to bring war orphans sheltering there back to their house to care for. Ishiwata described the underpass as being packed with homeless people seeking refuge following the devastation of Tokyo by the March 10, 1945 firebombing. ==Kyodo

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People pray for WWII Tokyo air raid victims on 70th anniv.

People observe a moment of silence for the souls of some 100,000 people killed in the World War II Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945 during a "Peace Day" ceremony at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on March 10, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the raid. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial ceremony for Korean victims in U.S. air raids on Tokyo

People bow at a memorial service in Tokyo on March 13, 2021, for Koreans killed in the March 10, 1945, U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital during World War II. The raids killed an estimated 100,000 people in a single night, with Koreans accounting for about 10 percent under estimates made by some historians.

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Images of 1944-45 Japan photographed by U.S. forces published

Photo shows an aerial image of Tokyo taken on March 10, 1945, by the U.S. military. The Japan Map Center has recently published a collection of some 50 photographs of Japan shot by U.S. F-13 reconnaissance aircraft between November 1944 and September 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo woman recounts day after massive air raids on capital

Kimie Nemoto, pictured in Tokyo on June 28, 2015, recalls her experience of watching U.S. reconnaissance aircraft flying over the Japanese capital on March 10, 1945, the day after massive air raids on the metropolis in the closing days of World War II. ==Kyodo

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Tokyo's Higashi-Mukojima area: Big ginkgo tree towers over visitors

A big ginkgo tree at Mukojima-Hyakkaen Garden, a traditional flower garden in Tokyo's old downtown of Higashi-Mukojima, towers over visitors on May 30, 2015. The tree survived the Great Tokyo Air Raid on March 10, 1945, near the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo marks 63rd anniversary of 1945 U.S. air raids

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (front row L) attends a Tokyo government memorial service in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on March 10 in memory of the people who died in massive air raids the United States unleashed on the Japanese capital on March 10, 1945 during World War II. About 100,000 people died in the bombings. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo marks 63rd anniversary of 1945 U.S. air raids

TOKYO, Japan - Residents attend a government memorial service in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on March 10 in memory of the people who died in massive air raids the United States unleashed on the Japanese capital on March 10, 1945 during World War II. About 100,000 people died in the bombings. Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara attended the memorial service, along with Prince Hitachi, the younger brother of Emperor Akihito, and his wife Princess Hanako. (Kyodo)

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Citizens file damages suit over 1945 Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - Some 110 people arrive at the Tokyo District Court in central Tokyo on March 9 to sue the state for damages and an apology for their suffering from U.S. air raids on Tokyo on March 10, 1945, which they said was caused by the government's delayed decision to end the war. The plaintiffs consist of citizens who suffered in the air raids and bereaved families. (Kyodo)

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Sumo wrestler killed in World War II air raid

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows former sekiwake sumo wrestler Toyoshima, killed in the March 10, 1945 air raids on Tokyo. The date and place of the photo are unknown. (Kyodo)

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Sensoji Temple

This Kannon-do was rebuilt by the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1649. The style of construction is koran mitesaki-zukuri. The photograph captures a flock of pigeons flying from Niomon (gate). The building burned down in an air raid on March 10, 1945. The present-day Kannon-do was erected on October 17, 1958. Taken by Herbert George Ponting. Stereograph published in 1904.==Date:1904, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐69‐0]

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The Chokugaku-mon Gate of Yusho-in Reibyo, Zojoji Temple, Shiba

As the name Chokugakumon ( gate with an imperial inscription ) implies, there is a plaque with the word Yushoin written by Emperor Nakamikado. The gate, which is decorated with opulent carvings similar to the dragons on the gateposts, was destroyed along with other mausoleum buildings in the Tokyo air raid of March 10, 1945.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number62‐10‐0]

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The bell tower at Yushoin,Zojoji Temple,Shiba

This is Chokugaku Gate (right) and the bell tower of Yushoin Mausoleum. The front precinct of the Tokugawa mausoleums were laid out with the bell tower to the left and the mizuya and idoyakata (well) to the right when facing the gate. The bell tower survived the fires caused by an American air raid on March 10, 1945 but unfortunately burned to the ground during an air raid on May 25 the same year.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number61‐3‐0]

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Google Street View to show inside A-Bomb Dome

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the A-Bomb Dome, a relic of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and a tricycle carrying a camera system to take images inside the dome for the Google Street View in Hiroshima on March 10, 2011. Google Inc. of the United States said the same day it will provide the images soon on Street View. (Kyodo)

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67th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - People offer prayers during a memorial service in Tokyo on March 10, 2012, the 67th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital. One estimate puts the death toll from the air raids, involving more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers, at around 100,000. (Kyodo)

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Commemorating Tokyo air raid

TOKYO, Japan - Women offer chrysanthemums at the cenotaph for victims of the March 10, 1945, U.S. air raid on Tokyo in Sumida Park in Tokyo's Taito Ward on March 10, 2011, the event's 66th anniversary. An estimated 100,000 people were killed in the single night's attack involving over 300 B-29 bombers. (Kyodo)

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Emperor Showa visits scorched area in Tokyo's Fukagawa area

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, visits the scorched land in Tokyo's Fukagawa area after air raids on the capital on March 10, 1945. The photo was taken on March 18, 1945. (Kyodo)

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Civilians riding oxcart, walking through Tokyo during wartime

TOKYO, Japan - Survivors of the May 25, 1945 air raids by B-29 bombers on Tokyo are seen walking and riding an oxcart through scorched Tokyo. The attack was the second deadliest after the March 10, 1945 air raids on the capital in which about 100,000 were killed. The photo was taken in Tokyo on May 30, 1945. (Kyodo)

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A bird's eye view of area near Diet building

TOKYO, Japan - A bird's eye view of the area near the Diet building in central Tokyo scorched by the March 10, 1945 air raids. This photo was taken in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo, in 1945, with its specific date unknown. (Kyodo)

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Old train car transformed into classroom, popular among kindergar

TOKYO, Japan - Students of Tomoe Kindergarten enjoy their classroom built out of an old train car. Tomoe Elementary School, whose unique teaching style was featured in the best-selling novel ''Totto-chan'' by actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, burnt down during the March 10, 1945 air raids on Tokyo, and only its kindergarten reopened. This file photo was taken on Nov. 2, 1948 in Jiyugaoka, Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo commemorates 72nd anniv. of U.S. air raids during WWII

A memorial service is held to commemorate 105,000 victims of the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945 at the Tokyo Memorial Hall on March 10, 2017, the 72nd anniversary of the raid. Around 600 people participated in the service, including Prince Akishino, younger son of Emperor Akihito, and his wife Princess Kiko as well as Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo commemorates 72nd anniv. of U.S. air raids during WWII

People offer flowers for the souls of 105,000 victims killed in the World War II Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945 at the Tokyo Memorial Hall on March 10, 2017, the 72nd anniversary of the raid. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo