Right wing groups in Japan continue to push historical denialism in a bid to whitewash wartime atrocities. South Korea, which suffered under Japanese occupation, wants Japan to be more open about the past.

TOKYO: Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's use of the word "remorse" in his address about World War II at the annual government-organised national memorial service for the war dead reflected his distinctiveness.

Located in the Solomon Islands near Guadalcanal, Iron Bottom Sound experienced five major naval battles between August and December 1942. In the end, over 20,000 servicemen died in combat, along with the destruction of 111 ships and 1,450 aircraft.

President Harry Truman announced Aug. 14, 1945, that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to end World War II. In several stories published in an extra edition Aug. 15, the Democrat and Chronicle reported that “Joy reigned supreme” in the area.