Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda offers a flower during the commemoration ceremony to mark the 63rd anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa at the Peace Memorial park in Itoman, Japan's southernmost island Okinawa on June 23, 2008. Residents of Okinawa called for reduction of US troops on their island as they marked the 63rd anniversary of a bloody World War II battle that killed more than 200,000 people. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS