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U.S. ex-POWs meet ex-Japanese soldier

KOFU, Japan - Former member of the Imperial Japanese Army Tokio Watanabe (2nd from L) shakes hands with a former U.S. soldier and prisoner of war during World War II Joseph Alexander (R) amid the presence of another former POW from the United States Edward Jackfert (2nd from R) in Yamanashi Prefecture on Sept. 14, 2010. The delegation of former POWs from the United States is scheduled to leave Japan on Sept. 19, 2010.

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2 Dutch ex-POWs set to apply for Japan's A-bomb recognition

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Ronald Scholte who now resides in the Netherlands speaks about his exposure to radiation from the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 in recent interviews with Kyodo News. Scholte is one of two Dutch men who were in a prison camp in Nagasaki during World War II and survived the atomic bombing. The two are preparing to apply for Japanese government recognition as suffering from radiation-related illness to receive medical benefits.

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British ex-POWs visit Hiroshima peace park

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Former British soldiers, who were forced to labor in Japan during World War II, and bereaved family members of former prisoners of war in Japan bow in prayer for the victims of 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in front of a cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park in the city on March 14. The 21-member delegation was taken to Hiroshima by Agape, a British charity organization headed by Japan-born Keiko Holmes.

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2 Dutch ex-POWs set to apply for Japan's A-bomb recognition

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Ronald Scholte who now resides in the Netherlands speaks about his exposure to radiation from the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 in recent interviews with Kyodo News. Scholte is one of two Dutch men who were in a prison camp in Nagasaki during World War II and survived the atomic bombing. The two are preparing to apply for Japanese government recognition as suffering from radiation-related illness to receive medical benefits. (Kyodo)

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U.S. ex-POWs meet ex-Japanese soldier

KOFU, Japan - Former member of the Imperial Japanese Army Tokio Watanabe (2nd from L) shakes hands with a former U.S. soldier and prisoner of war during World War II Joseph Alexander (R) amid the presence of another former POW from the United States Edward Jackfert (2nd from R) in Yamanashi Prefecture on Sept. 14, 2010. The delegation of former POWs from the United States is scheduled to leave Japan on Sept. 19, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Okada apologizes to U.S. ex-POWs

TOKYO, Japan - Lester Tenney (R), 90, a former American prisoner of war of the Imperial Japanese Army and survivor of the 1942 Bataan Death March, shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) during his visit to the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2010, together with five other former POWs. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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British ex-POWs visit Hiroshima peace park

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Former British soldiers, who were forced to labor in Japan during World War II, and bereaved family members of former prisoners of war in Japan bow in prayer for the victims of 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in front of a cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park in the city on March 14. The 21-member delegation was taken to Hiroshima by Agape, a British charity organization headed by Japan-born Keiko Holmes.