Three people bow in front of a hillside stone memorial displaying U.S. and Japanese flags, with offerings and flowers placed at its base.

Japanese neighborhood preserves memory of WWII crash and its cost

About 75 people, including approximately 30 Marines and sailors from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, attended the annual Marukoyama Memorial Ceremony.

His hand extended across the Pacific

I'm so upset ... I was a friend ... I couldn't believe it." This was all Prof. Gunji Hosono could say.

Carter meets with Hirohito, Ohira

Lifting his glass to Emperor Hirohito, President Carter declared Monday that the seven nations meeting here for the economic summit conference could plant a seedling that would "blossom into blessings of prosperity — and peace to disadvantaged people all over the world."

Royal couple cheered during tour of Tokyo

The Prince and Princess of Wales went to church and were cheered by thousands of Japanese Sunday during their stay in Tokyo.

Young backs hard line against S. Africa

Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young said he believes that Congress will override President Reagan's veto of tough anti-apartheid sanctions on South Africa and force him to change his walk-soft policy toward Pretoria.

Pope: Atoms and anguish

Pope John Paul II is to leave Thursday evening for Anchorage, Alaska, after having encountered American military personnel at all but one of the four countries or territories he visited on his Far East tour.

Papal visit warms Zama chaplain

It was perhaps the highlight of Army Chaplain's John A. Raymaker's career as a cleric — seeing Pope John Paul II celebrate his first Mass in Japan.