Return Of Islands
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright? TOKYO, June 26.
The United States today hauled down the Stars and Stripes which has flown for the last 23 years over the Bonin Islands, to mark the official return of the islands to Japan.
The 30 palm-fringed islets are the second territory returned to Japan since World War 11. The United States returned the Amami Oshima Islands, located between the main southern-most Japanese Island of Kyushu and Okinawa, in 1953.
Mid-day hand-over ceremonies took place on three islands of the chain—Chichijima, the biggest and only inhabited Island, Iwo Jima, the scene of fierce fighting towards the end of the war where 6800 American and 22,000 Japanese lives were lost and Minami Torishima (Marcus) which became Japan's southern-most meteorological observation post
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19680627.2.97
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31716, 27 June 1968, Page 15
Word Count
126Return Of Islands Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31716, 27 June 1968, Page 15
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in