70th Anniversary End of World War II

70th Anniversary End of World War II
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Tokyo, Japan – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers a bouquet of flowers to the war dead at the government cemetery in Chidorigafuchi in Tokyo on Saturday, August 15, 2015, as the nation observes the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

70th Anniversary End of World War II
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Tokyo, Japan – A government-sponsored ceremony for the ward dead are conducted at Tokyo’s Japan Martial Arts Hall with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attending on Saturday, August 15, 2015, as the nation observes the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Photo by Kaku Kurita/AFLO)