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 ...
National Sep 13, 2018
Undersea eruption detected at Iwo Jima as seawater is sent shooting into the air
Signs of undersea volcanic eruptions were detected at Iwo Jima, the site of one of the bloodiest battles in World War II, meteorological and defense officials said Wednesday. Aerial photos taken by navy aircraft earlier Wednesday showed seawater shooting as high as 10 meters (33 ...
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.
Asia Pacific May 4, 2016
U.S. Marines investigating misidentification in Iwo Jima photo
AP The Marine Corps says it has begun investigating whether it mistakenly identified one of the men shown raising the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in one of the iconic images of World War II after two amateur history buffs began raising questions about the ...
National / History Apr 21, 2015
Iwo Jima vet, Okinawa survivor wrestle with WWII legacy
by Eric Talmadge
In Norman Baker's mind, the Japanese were fanatical, brutal animals with no respect for life. To Yoshiko Shimabukuro, Americans were long-nosed demons who rained hellfire from the skies before raping and pillaging anything with the worse-than-death fate of crossing their path. Both the 18-year-old 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 ...