Eastwood's Iwo Jima films inspire island's name change

Clint Eastwood's 2006 war films 'Flags of our fathers' and 'Letters from Iwo Jima' have already become dated after Japanese officials agreed to change the name of the island where the country's soldiers battle Americans during World War II.

Eastwood's Iwo Jima films inspire island's name change

Clint Eastwood's 2006 war films 'Flags of our fathers' and 'Letters from Iwo Jima' have already become dated after Japanese officials agreed to change the name of the island where the country's soldiers battle Americans during World War II.

The Pacific island of Iwo Jima will now be known by its original name, Iwo To.

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