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.

Carter, Hua meet after Ohira rites

President Carter met Thursday with Chinese Premier Hua Guofeng, the day after Carter laid white carnations on an altar of flowers and called his friendship with the late Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira "a symbol of the firm bonds" between Japan and America.

Japan’s Christians face struggle, says Rev. Billy Graham

Magnetic and compelling, evangelist Billy Graham called upon 20,000 Japanese to turn Christian and warned them that conversion could be a costly thing that might mean conflicts with their families and friends.

Famed lensman David Douglas Duncan still working hard

Fifteen years ago, a young LIFE magazine photographer named David Douglas Duncan caught the weary, mud-spattered face of a young U.S. Marine sergeant as he ducked enemy fire and slogged past a dead north Korean on the banks of the Naktong River.

Queen Elizabeth ends six-day visit to Japan

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were bowed out of Tokyo International Airport Monday in simple but impressive ceremonies that marked the end of a historic six-day visit to Japan.

Marcos arrives for Japan visit

Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos arrived here Wednesday from Honolulu for a 5-day state visit. He was met at planeside by Emperor Hirohito.

Attack on Miki, security lapse shock citizens

"Where were the cops?" was the reaction many Japanese "men-in-the-street" voiced to Monday's attack on Prime Minister Takeo Miki who was punched three times in the face by an ultra-rightist as he waited for the start of National funeral services for former Prime Minister Eisaku Sato.