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Tokyo, Aug 15 (EFE/EPA).-Two Japanese government ministers visited the controversial Shinto shrine of Yasukuni in Tokyo on Saturday, on the 76th anniversary of the country's surrender in World War II.The shrine is considered by many to be a symbol that glorifies the country's imperial past.(Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA)SHOT LIST: 76TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATIONS IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Okinawa, Jun 23 (EFE/EPA).- The Japanese archipelago of Okinawa on Tuesday held low-key acts amid the ongoing coronavirus epidemic to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the fierce battle between the United States and Japan during the Second World War, which claimed the lives of 200,000, half of them civilians.The annual ceremony was held at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, a town in the southern part of the main island of Okinawa where the battle ended, and only those living in the prefecture itself were able to attend, local news agency Kyodo reported.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the mayors of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and a United Nations representative were also scheduled to attend the event but restrictions imposed in the country to prevent the spread of COVID-19 meant that they could only be present through video messages sent for the occasion. (Camera: HITOSHI MAESHIRO).SHOT LIST: RESIDENTS OFFER PRAYERS FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE WORLD WAR II BATTLE OF OKINAWA AT THE CORNERSTONE OF PEACE IN ITOMAN, JAPANESE SOUTHERN ISLAND OF OKINAWA, AND A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 240,000 WAR VICTIMS, INCLUDING AMERICANS, ON THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA, AT THE PEACE MEMORIAL PARK IN ITOMAN IN OKINAWA, JAPAN.
Several hundred commemorated the homosexuals who were persecuted during and after the Second World War.
Paris (France), 25 Aug (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Rafael Cañas/Christophe Petit-Tesson) The French capital commemorated on Wednesday the 77th anniversary of its liberation in World War II, and again with a strong Spanish presence, especially of the republican flags that remembered the Spanish soldiers who entered the vanguard of the Allied troops.çFOOTAGE OF THE 77TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF PARIS IN WORLD WAR II WITH THE VIEW OF TROOPS FROM MILITARY UNITS RELATED TO LIBERATION, THE REMEMBRANCE OF LIBERATION AND RESISTANCE FIGURES WHO DIED IN THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS, AS WELL AS LITERARY READINGS.INCLUDES RESOURCE FOOTAGE OF PARIS MAYOR ANNE HIDALGO; THE SPANISH MINISTER OF THE PRESIDENCY, FÉLIX BOLAÑOS; AND OTHER FRENCH AUTHORITIES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ALIDADOS COUNTRIES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
Seoul, Oct 27 (EFE/EPA).-The South Korean Air Force aerobatic team performed Tuesday in Seoul during the ceremony of commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War.(Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN)SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN AIR FORCE'S BLACK EAGLES ACROBATIC SQUAD PERFORMS DURING A CEREMONY FOR THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN WAR IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
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