Over 80,000 Marines, soldiers, and sailors from our two countries fought at Iwo Jima. More than 26,000 died here. Today, we ...

Yoshiharu Kanai, 80, has been working to collect remains for over 20 years, wishing to return them to mainland Japan swiftly.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth praised Saturday the friendship and trust that his country and Japan have developed.

Like many of the prolonged battles waged during the last year of World War II, the fighting on Iwo Jima resulted in the ...

Just a couple of years after the Second World War, John Wayne starred in Sands of Iwo Jima, a movie reenacting it. At 42, the ...

The island was the scene of 5 weeks of brutal combat between Japanese and US forces in World War II. Read more at ...

The tiny island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean lies around 1,250 kilometres (780 miles) from Tokyo and was the scene of ...

A handful of retired Marines — all in the late 90s or over 100 — joined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Prime ...

VCG. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday “praised American-Japanese friendship and trust” while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima t ...

For the 80th Reunion of Honor, seven WWII veterans will return to Iwo Jima and be joined by defense secretaries from the US ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday joined Japanese leaders at a war memorial service during his first visit to ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — With veterans watching on, a bronze sculpture honoring the World War II battle of Iwo Jima was lifted ...