FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows after placing a flower at an altar at a memorial service ceremony marking the the 74th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two, while Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako watch, in Tokyo, Japan August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) - In a 4 1/2-minute radio speech on Aug. 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender in World War Two, telling his subjects he had resolved to pave the way for peace by "enduring the unendurable".
Seventy-five years later, the unresolved legacy of the conflict haunts Tokyo's ties with China and South Korea, even as the countries cope with a COVID-19 pandemic that is forcing Japan to scale back its Aug. 15 ceremony for war dead.
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