Port Marie Yamaguchi
TOKIO (AP) – The United States Defense Minister, Beit Higish, praised on Saturday the friendship and confidence that his country and Japan have evolved while attending a memorial ceremony in Iow Jimma to honor those who died in the fighting there during World War II.
Japan is the second Higish station After the Philippines On his first trip to Asia. He visited him at a time when Beijing was increasingly firm behavior in the disputed South China Sea, and after US President Donald Trump’s threats to impose a trade tariff on Eastern Asian country, a major ally of the United States.
Higseth landed on the Japanese island of Iow Jimma, now known as Ioto, where Japanese and American soldiers faced each other in one of the most war battles. He joined many American warriors who survived the battle and Japanese families in the fencing, as well as his Japanese counterpart, General Nakatani; Prime Minister Shigro Ehiba and other officials at the Honorary meeting on Saturday.
“Iwo Jima embodies the spirit of warriors that we share, our common dedication to the nation, duty, and sanctification by men with a value that preceded us,” Higish said against Cenotafio, which was built in 1985 to celebrate the first celebration.
“The alliance between the United States and Japan appears … how yesterday’s enemy became a friend today,” Higseth said. “Our alliance was and still is the cornerstone of freedom, prosperity, security and peace in the Indian Pacific region.”
He said that the majority of those who fought on the small island did not return there, but their sacred memory lasts, and expressed his gratitude to the six six warriors who are about 100 years old who attended the ceremony.
The veterans slowly walked towards the garbage with the help of the younger service members to honor their marine infantry and sailors who died there. Charles Karam, a pharmaceutical army that was afflicted and decorated his courage, received attached and gently touched the crown of red, blue and white flowers, as well as others.
Recent surveys show that the Japanese feel more rapprochement towards the United States than any other country. Most of the serpent and Japanese were born today after Tokyo surrendered in August 1945.
Japan, which faces increasing threats from China, North Korea and Russia, was rushing to strengthen military and more and more with the American army.
On Sunday, Higseth will hold talks with Nakatani in Tokyo to talk about strengthening the additional alliance.
“We should not forget that the peace and prosperity that we enjoy today have built a noble sacrifice for those who died in the war and efforts that people do not eat over the past eighty years since the end of the war,” Ehiba, who has become the first Japanese prime minister in jobs in the common civilization, told Yi Gemma.
Ishiba renewed its design on peace and even further strengthening the Japanese state alliance.
“We must continue to try to confront the story with humility and continue to tell the tragic experience of the war to the world so that we never repeat the tragedy of war,” Ishia said.
The 1945 Iwo Jima battle is famous for the image of the Associated Press, which shows six naval children raising the US flag on Sorbache Mountain 80 years ago.
Nearly 70,000 American individuals in IWO Jima fought from February 19 to March 26, 1945, in an attempt by Washington to control a major strategic point to move towards the main island of Japan. Nearly 7,000 nautical infant and about 20,000 Japanese died. More than half of the Japanese remains have not yet been found.
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This story is translated from the English language by the AP editor with the help of the Wooing AI tool.