Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a visit to Ioto, widely known as Iwo Jima, to pay tribute to those who died in the fierce battles between Japan and the United States on the Pacific island 80 years ago.

Inside his military retirement home, Albert Bryant Sr. spends his days quarantined with his wife in their two-bedroom apartment, watching CNN from his brown leather recliner. He knows he is witnessing history, as the country fights a virus killing tens of thousands around the world.