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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.

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80th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender

A ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the signing of a document marking Japan's surrender in World War II is 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 the Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, with Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme commander of the Allied Powers, attending.

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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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JAPAN-ECONOMY-QUARTERLY GDP-SHRINKING

(231115) -- TOKYO, Nov. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 14, 2023 shows a harbor in Yokohama, Japan. Japan's economy shrank by an annualized rate of 2.1 percent in the July-September period, the government said on Wednesday, marking the first contraction in three quarters. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Sister park arrangement between Japan and U.S.

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel pose at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on June 29, 2023, after signing a sister park affiliation pact between the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and the Pearl Harbor National Museum.

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Sister park arrangement between Japan and U.S.

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel pose at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on June 29, 2023, after signing a sister park affiliation pact between the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and the Pearl Harbor National Museum.

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Japan PM Abe leaves for Pearl Harbor visit

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) waves at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 26, 2016, before boarding a plane for Hawaii to visit Pearl Harbor with outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama.

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Japan P.E.N. Club issues statement on World War II

TOKYO, Japan - Japan P.E.N. Club head Jiro Asada holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, to release a statement reflecting on the Pacific theater of World War II against the United States triggered by Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on the same day of 1941.

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Diplomatic documents declassified

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo shows former U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt. Japanese diplomatic documents declassified on March 7, 2013, show prosecutors at the Tokyo war crime trials following Japan's surrender in 1945 closely looked into the delay in delivering Roosevelt's letter to the Japanese emperor on the eve of war, apparently to establish that the Japanese foreign minister was responsible for failing to stop Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Anniversary ceremony of Japan’s surrender held on Missouri

HONOLULU, United States - A ceremony marking the 64th anniversary of Japan窶冱 unconditional surrender to Allied Forces in 1945 is held on Sept. 2 on the Battleship Missouri, now used as a memorial at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The 1945 surrender ceremony was held on the Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The memorial will undergo repairs from October.

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Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo taken on Dec. 7, 1941 shows the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor under attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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Veteran actor Mihashi dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran actor Tatsuya Mihashi (file photo) died of a heart attack on May 16 at a Tokyo hospital. He was 80. Mihashi took part in numerous films and television dramas, and was known particularly for his role as Cmdr. Minoru Genda in the 1970 U.S.-Japanese movie ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' that depicted the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 as told from both the American and Japanese sides.

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Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo taken on Dec. 7, 1941 shows U.S. battleships bursting into flames following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Japanese yachtsman Horie sailing solo in Pacific

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie waves his cap while sailing solo in the Pacific Ocean some 110 kilometers west of Hachijojima Island on May 15. Horie left Shin-Nishinomiya harbor in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 12 for a 10,000-kilometer voyage to San Francisco in a boat made from recycled materials.

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(3)Tokyo DisneySea

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors enjoy meals at a new Tokyo DisneySea Park restaurant designed to look like the seabed during a preview August 1. The park, due to open September 4, features an artificial sea, a 50-meter model of a volcano, replicas of an old Mediterranean harbor, a Central American jungle and a luxury liner.

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Tokyo DisneySea to open in Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo DisneySea Park, a new amusement park east of Tokyo and featuring marine themes, opens to the media on Aug. 1. The 71-hectare park adjacent to Tokyo Disneyland consists of seven areas, including an artificial sea, a 50-meter model of a volcano and replicas of an old Mediterranean harbor and a jungle in Central America. A luxury liner, from which passengers can look out over Tokyo Bay, stands out in the park.

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Tokyo police knew of Soviet spy Sorge's spying activities

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows a U.S. document in a British MI5 file released to the public on July 5. The document suggests Tokyo police let Richard Sorge, a wartime Soviet spy based in Japan, remain at large in order to decode the ciphers he and other agents were using before they arrested him in October 1941. Sorge, who entered Japan as a correspondent for the German daily Frankfurter Zeitung, was arrested just two months before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and executed in Japan in 1944.

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Japan's biggest oil-spill recovery vessel debuts

TOKYO, Japan - The 4,663-ton Kaisho Maru, Japan's biggest-ever oil-recovery vessel, ordered by the Transport Ministry in the wake of a huge oil spill on the Sea of Japan coast three years ago, is berthed at Tokyo Harbor on Aug. 28. It is part of a planned three-vessel oil-spill control task force that the ministry hopes would provide a speedy response in the event of an oil spill in Japanese coastal waters.

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Actor-director Yamamura dies

TOKYO, Japan - Actor and film director So Yamamura (in this file photo) died May 26 of a heart attack at a Tokyo hospital, his family said May 29. He was 90. He played Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto in ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' -- a 1970 U.S. film directed by Richard Fleischer depicting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

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Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo taken on Dec. 7, 1941 shows the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor under attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo police knew of Soviet spy Sorge's spying activities

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows a U.S. document in a British MI5 file released to the public on July 5. The document suggests Tokyo police let Richard Sorge, a wartime Soviet spy based in Japan, remain at large in order to decode the ciphers he and other agents were using before they arrested him in October 1941. Sorge, who entered Japan as a correspondent for the German daily Frankfurter Zeitung, was arrested just two months before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and executed in Japan in 1944.

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Actor-director Yamamura dies

TOKYO, Japan - Actor and film director So Yamamura (in this file photo) died May 26 of a heart attack at a Tokyo hospital, his family said May 29. He was 90. He played Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto in ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' -- a 1970 U.S. film directed by Richard Fleischer depicting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

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A-bomb survivors seek broader national survey of offspring's concerns

Members of the Tokyo Federation of A-Bomb Sufferers Organizations attend a press conference in Tokyo on July 29, 2015. They urged the government to conduct a broader study on health and other issues related to the children of survivors, after finding in its own survey that around 60 percent of respondents "harbor concerns." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan contender at Spelling Bee

Hanna Yoshida, a 14-year-old student of K. International School Tokyo, speaks after being eliminated from the U.S. Spelling Bee competition in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 30, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan contender at Spelling Bee

Hanna Yoshida, a 14-year-old student of K. International School Tokyo, competes during a preliminary round of the U.S. National Spelling Bee contest in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 29, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo student stumbles in U.S. spelling bee but content with effort

Shantanu Edgaonkar, an eighth grader at Global Indian International School in Tokyo, spells a word spoken aloud by the pronouncer, during the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 31, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo student stumbles in U.S. spelling bee but content with effort

Shantanu Edgaonkar, an eighth grader at Global Indian International School in Tokyo, speaks in an interview on the sidelines of the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 31, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anniversary ceremony of Japanfs surrender held on Missouri

HONOLULU, United States - A ceremony marking the 64th anniversary of Japanfs unconditional surrender to Allied Forces in 1945 is held on Sept. 2 on the Battleship Missouri, now used as a memorial at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The 1945 surrender ceremony was held on the Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The memorial will undergo repairs from October. (Kyodo)

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Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo taken on Dec. 7, 1941 shows U.S. battleships bursting into flames following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. (Kyodo)

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Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo taken on Dec. 7, 1941 shows the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor under attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy. (Kyodo)

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Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo taken on Dec. 7, 1941 shows a U.S. battleship bursting into flames following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. (Kyodo)

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1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron

Sea scouts pose for a photo by the 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron at Fujisawa yacht harbor in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Jan. 19, 2020. The scouts cleaned the cauldron ahead of the 2020 Olympics torch relay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't confirms Abe not to be 1st Japan PM to visit Pearl Harbor

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2016. Suga said the government has confirmed that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's upcoming visit to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii will not be the first by a sitting Japanese leader, as Shigeru Yoshida did so in 1951 while prime minister. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boats in Tokyo harbor light up to create hope amid virus pandemic

Water taxis, cruisers and traditional "yakatabune" boats gather in the port of Tokyo and turn their lights on all at once on July 9, 2020, in a bid to create hope and wish for an end to the coronavirus pandemic. Tokyo reported over 200 infections the same day.

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Boats in Tokyo harbor light up to create hope amid virus pandemic

Water taxis, cruisers and traditional "yakatabune" boats gather in the port of Tokyo and turn their lights on all at once on July 9, 2020, in a bid to create hope and wish for an end to the coronavirus pandemic. Tokyo reported over 200 infections the same day.

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Boats in Tokyo harbor light up to create hope amid virus pandemic

Water taxis, cruisers and traditional "yakatabune" boats gather in the port of Tokyo and turn their lights on all at once on July 9, 2020, in a bid to create hope and wish for an end to the coronavirus pandemic. Tokyo reported over 200 infections the same day.

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Japanese houseboat

Photo taken May 14, 2020, shows a Japanese traditional houseboat anchored in a small harbor in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward against a background of high-rise buildings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Battleship Missouri in Honolulu

Photo taken in Pearl Harbor in Honolulu in December 2016 shows the battleship Missouri, on which the signing ceremony for Japan's World War II surrender took place in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2 1945. The Arizona Memorial, a museum built in memory of the more than 1,000 U.S. sailors killed aboard the battleship Arizona during Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, can be seen in the foreground. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cruiser tour in Tokyo

A tour boat carrying about 10 passengers departs a harbor in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district on Dec. 13, 2017 for a 40-minute night cruise in Tokyo Bay. The tour was a pilot study by the Tokyo metropolitan government aimed at promoting water transportation toward the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Kyodo News correspondent receives Japan press club award

Veteran Japanese journalist Fumio Matsuo gives a speech at the 2017 Japan National Press Club Awards in Tokyo on May 29, 2017. The former Kyodo News Washington Bureau chief was honored for his efforts in calling on U.S. and Japanese leaders to pay respective visits to Hiroshima and Pearl Harbor in symbolic acts of postwar reconciliation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe leaves for Pearl Harbor visit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) and Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (3rd from L) wave at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 26, 2016, before boarding a plane for Hawaii to visit Pearl Harbor with outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suga stresses importance of PM Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2016, prior to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -- the site of the surprise Japanese attack in 1941 that drew the United States into World War II. Suga said it will be an important opportunity to review Japan-U.S. history. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama, Abe to stress "power of reconciliation" in Pearl Harbor remarks

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters his office in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2016. Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama are expected to highlight "the power of reconciliation" at a ceremony they will attend the following week in Hawaii to remember those killed in Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, a White House official said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama looking forward to Abe's Pearl Harbor visit: Ash Carter

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R), alongside Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (R), hold talks at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2016. Carter told Abe that President Barack Obama is "very much looking forward" to Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor in late December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama looking forward to Japan PM Abe's Pearl Harbor visit: Ash Carter

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) hold talks at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2016. Carter told Abe that President Barack Obama is "very much looking forward" to Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor in late December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama looking forward to Japan PM Abe's Pearl Harbor visit: Ash Carter

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2016. Carter told Abe that President Barack Obama is "very much looking forward" to Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor in late December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe arrives at office

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2016, a day after announcing a plan to visit Pearl Harbor with U.S. President Barack Obama during his two-day trip to Hawaii from Dec. 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

80th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender

80th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender

Saori Minami

Ken Takakura

Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

JAPAN-ECONOMY-QUARTERLY GDP-SHRINKING

Sister park arrangement between Japan and U.S.

Sister park arrangement between Japan and U.S.

Japan PM Abe leaves for Pearl Harbor visit

Japan P.E.N. Club issues statement on World War II

Diplomatic documents declassified

Anniversary ceremony of Japan’s surrender held on Missouri

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

Veteran actor Mihashi dies at 80

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

Japanese yachtsman Horie sailing solo in Pacific

(3)Tokyo DisneySea

Tokyo DisneySea to open in Sept.

Tokyo police knew of Soviet spy Sorge's spying activities

Japan's biggest oil-spill recovery vessel debuts

Actor-director Yamamura dies

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

Tokyo police knew of Soviet spy Sorge's spying activities

Actor-director Yamamura dies

A-bomb survivors seek broader national survey of offspring's concerns

Japan contender at Spelling Bee

Japan contender at Spelling Bee

Tokyo student stumbles in U.S. spelling bee but content with effort

Tokyo student stumbles in U.S. spelling bee but content with effort

Anniversary ceremony of Japanfs surrender held on Missouri

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron

Gov't confirms Abe not to be 1st Japan PM to visit Pearl Harbor

Boats in Tokyo harbor light up to create hope amid virus pandemic

Boats in Tokyo harbor light up to create hope amid virus pandemic

Boats in Tokyo harbor light up to create hope amid virus pandemic

Japanese houseboat

Battleship Missouri in Honolulu

Cruiser tour in Tokyo

Former Kyodo News correspondent receives Japan press club award

Japan PM Abe leaves for Pearl Harbor visit

Suga stresses importance of PM Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor

Obama, Abe to stress "power of reconciliation" in Pearl Harbor remarks

Obama looking forward to Abe's Pearl Harbor visit: Ash Carter

Obama looking forward to Japan PM Abe's Pearl Harbor visit: Ash Carter

Obama looking forward to Japan PM Abe's Pearl Harbor visit: Ash Carter

PM Abe arrives at office

Anniversary ceremony of Japanfs surrender held on Missouri