The event is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. local time in Lafayette Square, near the White House complex. Participants will ...

Ioto, April 7 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a visit to Ioto, widely known as Iwo Jima ... is the first in a series of memorial visits in Japan planned ...

IWO-TO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II’s bloodiest battles.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World ...

Former residents and their descendants are allowed to visit the island for memorial events but not to live there. Following a 23-year U.S. occupation, Iwo Jima was returned to Japan in 1968 as ...