Issues | LAW OF THE LAND May 5, 2019
Iwo Jima: Where Japan rules but the memory of war dead still reigns
by Colin P.A. Jones
It is odd to stand at an iconic place few can ever visit. There on Mount Suribachi where the American flag was raised over Iwo Jima, I am embarrassed to report my first thought on looking out across at the military airport we landed ...
Commentary / Japan Mar 2, 2017
The 'Gettysburg in the Pacific' and Japan-U.S. reconciliation
by Haruo Tohmatsu
Iwo Jima is the invisible symbol of reconciliation between Japan and the U.S.
National / Politics Mar 11, 2015
Health, defense ministers to attend joint U.S.-Japan war memorial service on Iwo Jima
In an unusual move, health minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki and defense minister Gen Nakatani plan to attend a joint Japan-U.S. war memorial service March 21 on Iwo Jima, a barren island south of Tokyo that was the scene of a fierce battle in final stages ...