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Wartime General Tojo stirs Japan at Christmas
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan remembered World War II at Christmas time as acclaimed actor and director Takeshi Kitano starred in a television epic as General Hideki Tojo, who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor.
People:Takeshi Kitano David Bowie Koizumi Junichiro Activities:2008 Christmas Pearl Harbor Attack Source:(AFP)
2008-12-25
At Pearl Harbor, US response to raid is acclaimed
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - With smoke still billowing from the torpedoed ruins of the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Thomas Griffin's B-25 group took off from its Oregon base to search for Japanese ships or submarines along the West Coast.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Activities:Pearl Harbor Attack World War II Source:(AP)
2008-12-07
Former sailors shake hands with Japan kamikaze
Sixty-two years ago they were bitter enemies -- one a Japanese pilot trained to crash his plane into U.S. ships on a suicide mission, the other two survivors of a ship sunk by one of the pilot's kamikaze comrades.
Nations:Japan Philippines Activities:U.S.-Japan Military Relations World War II in Pacific World War II
2007-07-27
With twin films, Japan and US let go of Iwo Jima scars
As he took his first stroll in six decades on the sulfuric sands of this Pacific island, a blazing sun beating on his sturdy frame, Keith Renstrom knew he could finally let go.
Nations:Japan U.S. People:Clint Eastwood Ken Watanabe Activities:World War II in Pacific U.S.-Japan Military Relations
2006-10-20
Japanese WWII battleship sails into theaters
TOKYO - Six decades after being sunk by American warplanes, the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamato has just re-created her final journey on cinema screens across Japan.
Activities:World War II in Pacific
2005-12-19
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