Toshiro Sato, who lost his daughter in the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, talks about the tragedy during a storytelling event on Oct. 25, 2020, in front of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Storytelling activities at the school, where a total of 74 pupils, including his daughter, died in the tsunami, had been suspended for about nine months due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Mt. Suribachi (top) on Iwoto Island in the Pacific -- where the American flag was raised during the Battle of Iwojima -- is pictured on Oct. 24, 2020, as a joint Japan-U.S. memorial service is held to commemorate the 29,000 Japanese and U.S. soldiers who died in the 1945 battle during World War II. Only 35 people participated in the ceremony, which was postponed from March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
