Japan’s Emperor Naruhito is visiting Iwo Jima to pay tribute to those who died on the island where one of World War II's ...

TOKYO — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal ...

Former residents and their descendants have been allowed to visit the island for memorial events but not to live. The emperor’s Iwo Jima visit comes about 10 days after Japan and the UW held a ...

The emperor’s Iwo Jima visit comes 10 days after Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Defense Minister Gen Nakatani joined U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in a memorial service ...

All 1,100 residents of Iwo Jima, except for 103 men drafted as military employees, were forcibly evacuated to mainland Japan.

In this photo provided by the Iwo Jima Association of America, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth greets veterans including Charles Cram, Hegseth is shaking hands with, a former Marine ...