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Japan: Lanterns Float in Hiroshima to Mark 80th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing 2

People in Hiroshima launched lanterns onto the Motoyasu River, which flows through Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing on Wednesday, August 6.

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Japan: “FREE GAZA” Banner Displayed at Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Lantern Ceremony

People in Hiroshima launched lanterns onto the Motoyasu River, which flows through Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing on Wednesday, August 6. A banner displaying the message “FREE GAZA! NO MORE GENOCIDE” was also prominently displayed along the riverbank.

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Bill with autographs of WW2 Japanese war criminals

Photo taken in DeKalb, Illinois, in November 2024 shows a 100-yen bill with autographs believed to be those of Japanese war criminals, including Class-A war criminals executed for war crimes after World War II, such as Japan's former Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo (1884-1948). The bill belonged to the late Donald Faivre, an Illinois farmer who served as a guard at Tokyo's Sugamo Prison, where such war criminals were held during the Allied occupation.

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UK: HMS Belfast Commemorates 80th Anniversary Of D-Day With Gun Salute 4

HMS Belfast, now docked on the River Thames as a museum ship in London, simulated a gun salute to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day landing on Thursday, June 6.

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UK: HMS Belfast Commemorates 80th Anniversary Of D-Day With Gun Salute 2

HMS Belfast, now docked on the River Thames as a museum ship in London, simulated a gun salute to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day landing on Thursday, June 6.

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UK: HMS Belfast Commemorates 80th Anniversary Of D-Day With Gun Salute 3

HMS Belfast, now docked on the River Thames as a museum ship in London, simulated a gun salute to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day landing on Thursday, June 6.

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UK: HMS Belfast Commemorates 80th Anniversary Of D-Day With Gun Salute

HMS Belfast, now docked on the River Thames as a museum ship in London, simulated a gun salute to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day landing on Thursday, June 6.

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UK: Drone Show At D-Day Commemoration Event In Portsmouth

A spectacular drone show was staged in Portsmouth, England to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Normandy landings on Wednesday, June 5.

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UK: Red Arrows Fly Over Portsmouth For D-Day 80th Anniversary Commemoration

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows performed flypast at the national event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day held in Portsmouth on Wednesday, June 5.

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Skill loss poses threat to Australian manufacturing industry: report

STORY: Skill loss poses threat to Australian manufacturing industry: report SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 15, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of machines 2. various of workers in workshop (file) STORYLINE: Australia's manufacturing industry is under threat from a generational loss of skills and expertise, research has warned. In a study published on Thursday, researchers from the University of South Australia (UniSA) found that a decline in craft skills in employment since 2006 has been exacerbated by some manufacturers moving their operations offshore, causing a loss of knowledge that threatens Australia's ability to sustain a local manufacturing industry. "The biggest threat to Australia's making economy is its ageing workforce. Australia benefited hugely from trade-skills migration in the decades following WW2 and up until the 1980s we had a strong domestic manufacturing sector," Susan Luckman, author of the study and director of the Creati

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Former nurse in Okinawa conveys tragic WW2 memories

NAHA, Japan - Yoneko Uehara, a former World War II student nurse at a field hospital in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, briefs children on her ordeal in the war with hand-drawn pictures in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 12, 2014.

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Former nurse in Okinawa conveys tragic WW2 memories

NAHA, Japan - Yoneko Uehara, a former World War II student nurse at a field hospital in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, lectures in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 12, 2014, with a hand-drawn picture depicting injured soldiers being provided with suicide grenades.

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Japanese WW2 soldier's diary published in English

SAIPAN, United States - Japanese translator Ryozo Kimihira holds a copy of "The Taking of Saipan," an English version of a diary written by Japanese soldier Genkichi Ichikawa who was killed in the Battle of Saipan in June 1944, on June 14, 2014.

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Japanese WW2 soldier's diary published in English

TOKYO, Japan - Yohei Ichikawa shows pictures of his uncle Genkichi Ichikawa, a former Imperial Japanese Army soldier who died at age 23 in the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II, at his home in Shizuoka, central Japan, in this file photo taken in April 2014. Genkichi's diary about his life on the island of Saipan has been translated into English and published in the United States.

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Japanese WW2 soldier's diary published in English

TOKYO, Japan - A diary by former Japanese soldier Genkichi Ichikawa who died in the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II is shown in this undated photo. He writes on the first page: "I thought I should never think or write, but a year ago today was the day my child was born."

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Ex-Japanese WW2 soldier offers prayers in Saipan

SAIPAN, United States - Teruki Okazaki, a former Japanese heavy artillery unit soldier who survived the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II, prays on June 14, 2014, in front of a memorial for those who belonged to the same unit and died on the island. The memorial was built around a 15-centimeter howitzer the unit used.

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Hiroshima marks 76th A-bomb anniv., urges end to nuclear deterrence

HIROSHIMA, Aug. 6 Kyodo - Hiroshima marked the 76th anniversary of its atomic bombing by the United States on Friday, with its mayor urging world leaders to shift away from nuclear deterrence to trust-building dialogue and for Japan to join a U.N. treaty to ban nuclear weapons. In the annual ceremony, which was scaled down once again this year amid surging coronavirus infections across Japan, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui demanded the Japanese government's "immediate signing and ratification" of the treaty, which came into effect this January.

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