a tiny island on Japan’s western frontier, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ayaka McGill) A Japanese flag flutters in the wind inside the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) base on Yonaguni, a tiny ...

As it turned out, the Japanese had heavily fortified the island and had a dense network of tunnels from which they could launch attacks. The flag raised atop Mount Suribachi Back on the line the ...

Tokyo hopes joint memorial will underline commitment to security alliance, but Hegseth expected to ask Japan to do more to ...

His 10 days at Iwo Jima were a “terrible, terrible experience with dead people everywhere,” he told Stars and Stripes in a ...

the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands. The Obon Society, an Oregon-based nonprofit that helps U.S. veterans and their families return old war trophies such as flags and swords ...

Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up an American flag ... fire from Japanese who were dug in and who had prime vantage of much of the island ...

Japan’s enemy at the time, if the authorities found out about it. “I hope the new flag will help us pass on accounts of the vicissitudes of our island’s fortunes and the meaning of peace ...