80th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender

80th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender

Adm. Samuel Paparo, chief of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, makes a speech during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the signing of the document marking Japan's surrender in World War II, held on the pier next to the battleship Missouri in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Sept. 2, 2025. The signing took place on the deck of Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, with Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme commander of the Allied Powers, in attendance.

BILDERBERG MEETING STOCKHOLM

BILDERBERG MEETING STOCKHOLM

Samuel Paparo, commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, outside the Grand Hotel during the Bilderberg meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday June 12, 2025. The Bilderberg Group has booked the Grand Hotel in central Stockholm from June 10 to June 14.Photo: Christine Olsson / TT / Code 10430

Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani meets U.S. Navy Adm. Paparo

Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani meets U.S. Navy Adm. Paparo

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) shakes hands with U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2024.

Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani meets U.S. Navy Adm. Paparo

Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani meets U.S. Navy Adm. Paparo

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) holds talks with U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. military's Indo-Pacific Command, at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2024.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander in Tokyo

U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 29, 2024.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander

U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander

Photo taken on May 29, 2024, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo shows U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. the Indo-Pacific Command.

U.S. Pacific Fleet commander in Yokosuka

U.S. Pacific Fleet commander in Yokosuka

Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, is pictured during his meeting with Yokosuka Mayor Katsuaki Kamiji at the local city office in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 8, 2021.