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Japan Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko attends a charity screening of the film "Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise" in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Cheney Visits USS Peleliu

United States Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney visits the USS Peleliu for a brief inspection and talk with Marines and Sailors on February 20, 1990. Mandatory Photo by Helene Stikkel / DoD via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan searches for WWII soldier remains in Palau

Workers search for the remains of Japanese World War II soldiers at a mass burial site on the island of Peleliu, Palau, on Dec. 13, 2024, as part of a Japanese government project. The remains of about 2,400 soldiers are still unaccounted for among the 10,000 Japanese soldiers who died on the tiny Pacific island that was the site of a fierce battle with the United States.

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Japan searches for WWII soldier remains in Palau

Workers search for the remains of Japanese World War II soldiers at a mass burial site on the island of Peleliu, Palau, on Dec. 10, 2024, as part of a Japanese government project. The remains of about 2,400 soldiers are still unaccounted for among the 10,000 Japanese soldiers who died on the tiny Pacific island that was the site of a fierce battle with the United States.

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Japan searches for WWII soldier remains in Palau

Workers search for the remains of Japanese World War II soldiers at a mass burial site on the island of Peleliu, Palau, on Dec. 10, 2024, as part of a Japanese government project. The remains of about 2,400 soldiers are still unaccounted for among the 10,000 Japanese soldiers who died on the tiny Pacific island that was the site of a fierce battle with the United States.

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80th anniv. of Battle of Peleliu

Photo taken on Nov. 10, 2024, shows an airfield repaired in recent years by the U.S. military on the small coral island of Peleliu, Palau. The Pacific island will mark the 80th anniversary on Nov. 27 of the end of the Battle of Peleliu between the U.S. and Japanese militaries during World War II.

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80th anniv. of Battle of Peleliu

Photo taken on Nov. 9, 2024, shows an airfield repaired in recent years by the U.S. military on the small coral island of Peleliu, Palau. The Pacific island will mark the 80th anniversary on Nov. 27 of the end of the Battle of Peleliu between the U.S. and Japanese militaries during World War II.

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80th anniv. of Battle of Peleliu

Photo taken on Nov. 9, 2024, shows an airfield repaired in recent years by the U.S. military on the small coral island of Peleliu, Palau. The Pacific island will mark the 80th anniversary on Nov. 27 of the end of the Battle of Peleliu between the U.S. and Japanese militaries during World War II.

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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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Waters off South Pacific island where dud disposal continues

PELELIU, Palau - Waters off the coast of Peleliu, a Palau island where Japan and U.S. fought a fierce battle during World War II, are seen in this file photo taken on July 31, 2014. Organizations such as NGOs are carrying out an operation to dispose of a large amount of unexploded bombs and train local people to defuse them in a proper manner.

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Pacific island residents learn how to treat dud bombs

PELELIU ISLAND, Republic of Palau - Residents on Peleliu Island in Palau learn at a local school how to treat unexploded bombs, as seen in this file photo taken on July 31, 2014. The island was one of major battle fields between Japanese and U.S. forces in the closing days of World War II and a large number of unexploded hand grenades and other bombs are left behind.

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Pacific islands hold annual summit in Palau

PELELIU, Palau - Palau President Tommy Remengesau (front C) and other leaders of Pacific islands pose in Peleliu, Palau, on July 31, 2014, at an annual summit of the Pacific Islands Forum, an inter-governmental organization for regional cooperation.

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Orange Beach on Palau's Peleliu Island

File photo taken March 27, 2015, shows Orange Beach on Peleliu Island, part of the western Pacific nation of Palau, where the U.S. military landed to engage Japanese forces during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial couple mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit a monument for the 81st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army on Peleliu Island, part of the western Pacific nation of Palau, in a file photo taken April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited Palau to commemorate those who lost their lives there during the World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn World War II dead in Palau

Japanese Emperor Akihito (far L) and Empress Michiko (next to him) talk with local people on Peleliu Island, Palau, in this file photo taken April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited the island to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn World War II dead in Palau

File photo shows Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (behind him) leaving Peleliu Island, part of the west Pacific nation of Palau, by a Japan Coast Guard helicopter on April 9, 2015, after commemorating those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn World War II dead in Palau

File photo shows Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (behind him) arriving on Peleliu Island, part of the west Pacific nation of Palau, by a Japan Coast Guard helicopter on April 9, 2015, to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese WWII veteran recalls fierce west Pacific island battle

Keiji Nagai, a 93-year-old former Japanese Imperial Army soldier, recalls at his home in Ibaraki, northeast of Tokyo, on March 30, 2015, the fierce World War II battle on Peleliu Island in the western Pacific republic of Palau in 1944 in which almost all 10,000 Japanese garrison soldiers perished. He said it would have been easier for him to have chosen an honorable suicide by charging enemy forces than hiding in the island's jungle and suffering from hunger. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daughter of war dead to visit Palau to witness Japan emperor's visit

Kyoko Tanaka (R) and her husband Yasukuni look in Rokunohe, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on April 4, 2015, at photos of Imperial Japanese Army tanks abandoned on Peleliu Island in the western Pacific republic of Palau in World War II. Tanaka, whose father Shoichi died in battle on Peleliu in September 1944, but whose remains have never been returned, plans to travel to Palau on the occasion of a visit there by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko from April 8 to mourn the war dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Navy seaman hails emperor's visit to Peleliu for fallen comrades

Photo taken Jan. 21, 2015, in Japan's southwestern city of Chikugo shows Kiyokazu Tsuchida, a former Japanese seaman who survived a fierce 1944 battle with U.S. troops on Peleliu Island in Palau. Tsuchida, 95, waited in anticipation for the arrival on April 9 of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on the island, saying, "When (the souls of the fallen comrades) meet with the emperor, they would be delighted and surprised." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Son of WWII Imperial Japanese Army officer talks about his father

Masami Murai, the fourth son of World War II Imperial Japanese Army Maj.-Gen. Gonjiro Murai, who served as a strategist in the ill-fated garrison defending the Peleliu Island battlefield in the western Pacific before killing himself, talks about his late father on March 18, 2015, in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The son later visited Peleliu in the republic of Palau on April 9 to witness the Japanese imperial couple's visit to the island to commemorate those who lost their lives there during the war, saying he believes that the imperial visit must have "satisfied him." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial couple briefed on WWII battlefield in west Pacific

Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (L) are briefed on April 9, 2015, by Vice Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Atsuko Muraki on Angaur Island, one of the fiercest World War II battlefields seen afar from Peleliu Island in the western Pacific republic of Palau. The imperial couple earlier offered white chrysanthemum flowers and silent prayers on Peleliu at the Monument of the War Dead in the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese emperor, empress visit Palau to commemorate war dead

Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko bow deeply as they lay flowers at the Monument of the War Dead on Peleliu Island in the western Pacific republic of Palau on April 9, 2015, to commemorate those who died there during World War II. (Pool photo by Nihon Keizai Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese emperor, empress visit Palau to commemorate war dead

Japanese Emperor Akihito (R near monument) and Empress Michiko (L) bow deeply at the Monument of the War Dead on Peleliu Island in the western Pacific republic of Palau on April 9, 2015, to commemorate those who died there during World War II. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese emperor, empress visit Palau to commemorate war dead

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bow deeply toward Angaur Island (background) after laying flowers at the Monument of the War Dead (L) on Peleliu Island in the western Pacific republic of Palau on April 9, 2015, to commemorate those who died there during World War II. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress remember war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive at an international airport in Palau on April 9, 2015, to return to Japan after a two-day visit to commemorate those who lost their lives during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, Empress mourn World War II dead in Palau

Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko board a Japan Coast Guard helicopter to leave Peleliu Island, part of the west Pacific nation of Palau, after commemorating those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress remember war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Palauan President Tommy Remengesau (L) talks with Japanese Emperor Akihito while Remengesau's wife Debbie (R) talks with Japanese Empress Michiko at an international airport in Palau on April 9, 2015, before the Japanese imperial couple return to Japan after a two-day visit to commemorate those who lost their lives during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko receive a salute by U.S. soldiers as they visit a monument for the 81st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army on Peleliu Island, part of the west Pacific nation of Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited Palau to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer flowers at a monument for the 81st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army on Peleliu Island, part of the west Pacific nation of Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited Palau to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko talk with local people on Peleliu Island, Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited the island to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are briefed on April 9, 2015, at Orange Beach on Peleliu Island, Palau, where U.S. forces made a landing in 1944, engaging in fierce fighting with Japanese troops. The imperial couple visited the island to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer flowers at a monument for the 81st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army on Peleliu Island, part of the west Pacific nation of Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited Palau to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko talk with local people on Peleliu Island, Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited the island to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko talk with local people on Peleliu Island, Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited the island to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bow toward Angaur Island from Peleliu Island, both of which were World War II battle fields in Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited the west Pacific nation to commemorate those who lost their lives there during the war. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer flowers at the Monument of the War Dead in the Western Pacific on Peleliu Island, Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited the west Pacific nation to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-soldier talks with emperor, empress

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko talk to Kiyokazu Tsuchida (C), a former Japanese seaman, on Peleliu Island, part of the west Pacific nation of Palau, on April 9, 2015. Tsuchida, 95, was a survivor of a fierce battle in Palau. The imperial couple visited the island to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer flowers at the Monument of the War Dead in the Western Pacific on Peleliu Island, Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited the west Pacific nation to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko talk with local people on Peleliu Island, Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited the island to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are briefed on April 9, 2015, at Orange Beach on Peleliu Island, Palau, where U.S. forces made a landing in 1944, engaging in fierce fighting with Japanese troops. The imperial couple visited the island to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bow toward Angaur Island from Peleliu Island, both of which were World War II battle fields in Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited the west Pacific nation to commemorate those who lost their lives there during the war. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bow toward Angaur Island from Peleliu Island, both of which were World War II battle fields in Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited the west Pacific nation to commemorate those who lost their lives there during the war. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer flowers at a monument for the 81st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army on Peleliu Island, part of the west Pacific nation of Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited Palau to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-soldiers wait for arrival of emperor, empress

Yoji Kurata (L), a former Japanese army soldier, and Kiyokazu Tsuchida, a former Japanese seaman, await the arrival of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in Peleliu Island, part of the west Pacific nation of Palau, on April 9, 2015. Kurata, 88, and Tsuchida, 95, survived the fierce battles in Palau. The imperial couple visited the island to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer flowers at the Monument of the War Dead in the Western Pacific on Peleliu Island, Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited the west Pacific nation to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer flowers at the Monument of the War Dead in the Western Pacific on Peleliu Island, Palau, on April 9, 2015. The imperial couple visited the west Pacific nation to commemorate those who lost their lives there during World War II. (Pool photo)(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, empress to mourn Japan, U.S. war dead on Peleliu Island

A bouquet is laid in front of a monument for the 81st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army on Peleliu Island, Palau, on April 9, 2015, before Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer silent prayers there. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress mourn war dead on Palau's Peleliu Island

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive in Peleliu Island, part of the west Pacific nation of Palau, on April 9, 2015, to commemorate those who lost their lives during World War II. In Palau, some 16,000 Japanese soldiers and nearly 2,000 U.S. troops died in fierce fighting. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo