Japan, Koreas mark World War II anniversary
Japan, Koreas mark World War II anniversary
People carry the remains of Korean forced laborers during the Japanese colonial era during a rally to mark the South Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
U.S. General Douglas MacArthur, left, watches as the foreign minister Manoru Shigemitsu of Japan signs the surrender document aboard the USS Missouri on Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2, 1945. (AP Photo/C.P. Gorry)
Visitors bow before entering the main gate at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Japan marked the 73rd anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Emperor Akihito, right, and Empress Michiko, attend a memorial service for the war dead at Nippon Budokan martial arts hall Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
South Korean family members of the World War II victims holding a national flag march toward presidential house during a rally to mark the South Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
With his hands in the air, the first of 20 Japanese emerges from an Iwo Jima cave on April 5, 1945. The group had been hiding for several days. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Signal Corps)
A wedding couple poses for photos on the anniversary of the end of World War II and the country’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule at the Mansu Hill Grand Monument, dedicated to the struggle of the Korean people, in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Family members of the World War II victims shout an anti-Japan slogan during a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy to mark the South Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. The signs read " Apology and Compensation from the Japanese Government.” (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
FILE - In this Sept. 8, 1945 file photo, only a handful of buildings remain standing amid the wasteland of Hiroshima, the Japanese city reduced to rubble following the first atomic bomb to be dropped in warfare. On Aug. 6, 1945, a U.S. plane dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the first nuclear weapon has been used in war. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, ending World War II. (AP Photo/File)
School children carry flowers as they pay their respects before the giant bronze statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il during the anniversary of the end of World War II and liberation from Japanese colonial rule in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
102-year-old Harumi Serigano who lost her husband during WWII in Okinawa and other bereaved family members arrive for a national memorial ceremony for the war dead at Nippon Budokan martial arts hall Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Defeated Japanese soldiers file down a road toward a dispersal camp at North Malaya, on November 15, 1945, after World War II ended with Japan’s unconditional surrender. (AP Photo)
Soldiers salute and bow before giant bronze statues of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il during the anniversary of the end of World War II and liberation from Japanese colonial rule in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
People clad in WWII-era military uniforms visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Japan marked the 73rd anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
People carry the remains of Korean forced laborers during the Japanese colonial era during a rally to mark the South Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
People carry the remains of Korean forced laborers during the Japanese colonial era during a rally to mark the South Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
U.S. General Douglas MacArthur, left, watches as the foreign minister Manoru Shigemitsu of Japan signs the surrender document aboard the USS Missouri on Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2, 1945. (AP Photo/C.P. Gorry)
U.S. General Douglas MacArthur, left, watches as the foreign minister Manoru Shigemitsu of Japan signs the surrender document aboard the USS Missouri on Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2, 1945. (AP Photo/C.P. Gorry)
Visitors bow before entering the main gate at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Japan marked the 73rd anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Visitors bow before entering the main gate at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Japan marked the 73rd anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Emperor Akihito, right, and Empress Michiko, attend a memorial service for the war dead at Nippon Budokan martial arts hall Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Emperor Akihito, right, and Empress Michiko, attend a memorial service for the war dead at Nippon Budokan martial arts hall Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
South Korean family members of the World War II victims holding a national flag march toward presidential house during a rally to mark the South Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
South Korean family members of the World War II victims holding a national flag march toward presidential house during a rally to mark the South Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
With his hands in the air, the first of 20 Japanese emerges from an Iwo Jima cave on April 5, 1945. The group had been hiding for several days. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Signal Corps)
With his hands in the air, the first of 20 Japanese emerges from an Iwo Jima cave on April 5, 1945. The group had been hiding for several days. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Signal Corps)
A wedding couple poses for photos on the anniversary of the end of World War II and the country’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule at the Mansu Hill Grand Monument, dedicated to the struggle of the Korean people, in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A wedding couple poses for photos on the anniversary of the end of World War II and the country’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule at the Mansu Hill Grand Monument, dedicated to the struggle of the Korean people, in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Family members of the World War II victims shout an anti-Japan slogan during a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy to mark the South Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. The signs read " Apology and Compensation from the Japanese Government.” (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Family members of the World War II victims shout an anti-Japan slogan during a rally in front of the Japanese Embassy to mark the South Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. The signs read " Apology and Compensation from the Japanese Government.” (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
FILE - In this Sept. 8, 1945 file photo, only a handful of buildings remain standing amid the wasteland of Hiroshima, the Japanese city reduced to rubble following the first atomic bomb to be dropped in warfare. On Aug. 6, 1945, a U.S. plane dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the first nuclear weapon has been used in war. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, ending World War II. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - In this Sept. 8, 1945 file photo, only a handful of buildings remain standing amid the wasteland of Hiroshima, the Japanese city reduced to rubble following the first atomic bomb to be dropped in warfare. On Aug. 6, 1945, a U.S. plane dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the first nuclear weapon has been used in war. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, ending World War II. (AP Photo/File)
School children carry flowers as they pay their respects before the giant bronze statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il during the anniversary of the end of World War II and liberation from Japanese colonial rule in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
School children carry flowers as they pay their respects before the giant bronze statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il during the anniversary of the end of World War II and liberation from Japanese colonial rule in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
102-year-old Harumi Serigano who lost her husband during WWII in Okinawa and other bereaved family members arrive for a national memorial ceremony for the war dead at Nippon Budokan martial arts hall Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
102-year-old Harumi Serigano who lost her husband during WWII in Okinawa and other bereaved family members arrive for a national memorial ceremony for the war dead at Nippon Budokan martial arts hall Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Defeated Japanese soldiers file down a road toward a dispersal camp at North Malaya, on November 15, 1945, after World War II ended with Japan’s unconditional surrender. (AP Photo)
Defeated Japanese soldiers file down a road toward a dispersal camp at North Malaya, on November 15, 1945, after World War II ended with Japan’s unconditional surrender. (AP Photo)
Soldiers salute and bow before giant bronze statues of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il during the anniversary of the end of World War II and liberation from Japanese colonial rule in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Soldiers salute and bow before giant bronze statues of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il during the anniversary of the end of World War II and liberation from Japanese colonial rule in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
People clad in WWII-era military uniforms visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Japan marked the 73rd anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
People clad in WWII-era military uniforms visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Japan marked the 73rd anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)