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 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. Naruhito and his wife, Empress Masako, ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, left, and Empress Masako, center, are escorted by a member of Japan Self Defense Force as they arrive at the island of Iwo Jima, now officially called Iwo To in Japan ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on March 29 went to the Pacific island of Iwoto, better known to the world as Iwo Jima ... some 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 American soldiers lay dead.

IWO-TO, Japan – Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute ... prayed at three memorial sites — one for the Japanese soldiers, another for the islanders and a ...

The island, whose official name today is Iwo-to, was the site where Japanese and American soldiers faced off in one of the war’s fiercest battles. The battle of Iwo Jima lasted from February 19 to ...

The Battle of Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest battles ... Some posted photos of American POWs being tortured by Japanese soldiers, condemning the brutality of the Japanese army as unworthy ...