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Kondo wins Heiwa PGM golf tournament

MIHO, Japan - Tomohiro Kondo poses with the winner's trophy after his victory in the Heiwa PGM Championship golf tournament at Miho Golf Club in the village of Miho, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2014. Kondo won the title with a 20-under 264.

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Peace movement leader hands over sash for peace march

NAHA, Japan - Hiroji Yamashiro (L), chairman of the "Okinawa Heiwa Undo Center" (Okinawa Peace Movement Center), hands over a sash to a man at the inauguration ceremony for a 窶徘eace march窶 in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 15, 2014, the 42nd anniversary of Okinawa's reversion from U.S. control back to Japan.

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Wu wins Heiwa PGM Championship

MIHO, Japan - China's Wu Ashun holds the victor's trophy after winning the Heiwa PGM Championship at Miho Golf Club in Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 10, 2013. Wu finished with an 11-under 273 total.

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Words meaning 'peace' projected onto Brandenburg Gate

BERLIN, Germany - The Japanese word ''heiwa'' and the German word ''FRIEDEN,'' both meaning ''peace,'' are projected onto the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, before dawn on Sept. 9, 2011, in a rehearsal for an event to commemorate the 150th anniversary of friendship between Japan and Germany. Words for ''peace'' in 48 languages, including the above two, illuminated the gate at the end of the rehearsal. Japanese lighting designer Motoko Ishii is producing the event, which will be held on Sept. 9 and 10.

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Annual peace march begins in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - A three-day peace march begins in Okinawa Prefecture on May 13 to mark the 33rd anniversary on May 15 of the U.S. reversion of the prefecture to Japan in 1972. In the 28th march sponsored by the Okinawa Heiwa Undou Center, a local peace group, a total of 10,000 people will walk around U.S. military bases and World War II battle sites to call for peace, organizers said.

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Iraqi children get message of peace from Japan

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A teacher at a Baghdad primary school shows her children one of calligraphies reading ''heiwa (peace)'' sent to them by children of a Japanese primary school on Jan. 5.

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New sculpture on Okinawa's Peace Memorial Park completed

NAHA, Japan - Photo shows the ''Heiwa-no-oka Sculpture,'' or peace hill sculpture, just completed in the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa, is designed to honor victims of the Battle of Okinawa, the final major land battle in World War II.

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Salvaged Zero Fighter draws visitors to museum

CHIRAN, Japan - This is a photo of a Mitsubishi Zero Fighter on display at Tokko Heiwa Kaikan, or Peace Museum, in Chiran, Kagoshima Prefecture, southeastern Japan. During the summer holiday season, the museum draws visitors from across the country. The Zero was raised in 1980 from 45-meter-deep water in the Pacific Ocean off Kagoshima Prefecture. The town of Chiran used to have a base of special attack unit, or ''kamikaze'' suicide squad, during World War II.

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Portraits of kamikaze pilots move visitors

CHIRAN, Japan - A girl stands silently July 29 in front of portraits of special attack unit, ''kamikaze'' suicide squad, pilots at the Chiran Tokko Heiwa Kaikan (Peace Museum) in the town of Chiran, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Most of those World War II pilots died around age 20. The museum has 6,000 pieces war-related articles, including portraits and notes left behind by young pilots and soldiers.

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Annual peace march begins in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - A three-day peace march begins in Okinawa Prefecture on May 13 to mark the 33rd anniversary on May 15 of the U.S. reversion of the prefecture to Japan in 1972. In the 28th march sponsored by the Okinawa Heiwa Undou Center, a local peace group, a total of 10,000 people will walk around U.S. military bases and World War II battle sites to call for peace, organizers said. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Tanihara bags 1st title in 2 years with Heiwa PGM win

Japan's Hideto Tanihara appears elated on Nov. 8, 2015, after winning the Heiwa PGM Championship golf tournament by a two-stroke margin with an 11-under 269 at the Sobu Country Club in Inzai east of Tokyo. It was his first title in two years and 11th overall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Tanihara wins Heiwa PGM tourney, his 1st title in 2 years

Overnight leader Hideto Tanihara watches his par put roll into the cup on the 17th hole in the Heiwa PGM Championship golf tournament at the Sobu Country Club in Inzai, east of Tokyo, on Nov. 8, 2015. He shot a 1-under 69 for the day and won the tournament with an 11-under 269 total, his first title in two years and 11th overall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Slogan used in WWWII carved on stone tower in Kyushu

MIYAZAKI, Japan - ''Heiwa no To (Peace Tower)'' stands at Heiwadai Park in the city of Miyazaki. On its front are inscribed the four kanji, which read ''ha-kko-ichi-u,'' meaning ''universal brotherhood.'' (Kyodo)

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Words meaning 'peace' projected onto Brandenburg Gate

BERLIN, Germany - The Japanese word ''heiwa'' and the German word ''FRIEDEN,'' both meaning ''peace,'' are projected onto the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, before dawn on Sept. 9, 2011, in a rehearsal for an event to commemorate the 150th anniversary of friendship between Japan and Germany. Words for ''peace'' in 48 languages, including the above two, illuminated the gate at the end of the rehearsal. Japanese lighting designer Motoko Ishii is producing the event, which will be held on Sept. 9 and 10. (Kyodo)

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Kondo wins Heiwa PGM golf tournament

MIHO, Japan - Tomohiro Kondo poses with the winner's trophy after his victory in the Heiwa PGM Championship golf tournament at Miho Golf Club in the village of Miho, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2014. Kondo won the title with a 20-under 264. (Kyodo)

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Golf: Heiwa PGM Championship

Choi Ho Sung of South Korea poses for a photo after winning the Heiwa PGM championship title at PGM Golf Resort Okinawa in southern Japan on Nov. 10. 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Heiwa PGM Championship

Choi Ho Sung of South Korea kisses his trophy after winning the Heiwa PGM championship title at PGM Golf Resort Okinawa in southern Japan on Nov. 10. 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Melania Trump in Japan

U.S. first lady Melania Trump (C,L) and Akie Abe (C,R), wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, hold up their calligraphy of the Japanese characters for "heiwa," meaning peace, during their visit to an elementary school in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Melania Trump in Japan

U.S. first lady Melania Trump (L) and Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, hold up their calligraphy of the Japanese characters for "heiwa," meaning peace, during their visit to an elementary school in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. first lady Melania in Japan

U.S. first lady Melania Trump (L) and Akie Abe, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, hold up their calligraphy of the Japanese word "heiwa," meaning peace, at an elementary school in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2017. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iraqi children get message of peace from Japan

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A teacher at a Baghdad primary school shows her children one of calligraphies reading ''heiwa (peace)'' sent to them by children of a Japanese primary school on Jan. 5. (Kyodo)

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Salvaged Zero Fighter draws visitors to museum

CHIRAN, Japan - This is a photo of a Mitsubishi Zero Fighter on display at Tokko Heiwa Kaikan, or Peace Museum, in Chiran, Kagoshima Prefecture, southeastern Japan. During the summer holiday season, the museum draws visitors from across the country. The Zero was raised in 1980 from 45-meter-deep water in the Pacific Ocean off Kagoshima Prefecture. The town of Chiran used to have a base of special attack unit, or ''kamikaze'' suicide squad, during World War II.

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Portraits of kamikaze pilots move visitors

CHIRAN, Japan - A girl stands silently July 29 in front of portraits of special attack unit, ''kamikaze'' suicide squad, pilots at the Chiran Tokko Heiwa Kaikan (Peace Museum) in the town of Chiran, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Most of those World War II pilots died around age 20. The museum has 6,000 pieces war-related articles, including portraits and notes left behind by young pilots and soldiers.