Oversized panels are set up inside the B.F. Hamilton Library on Franklin College’s campus, part of the exhibit “A Resilient Faith: Japanese American Baptists During World War II.” The exhibit, which ...

In August 1945, the Soviet Union launched a massive and largely forgotten offensive into Japanese-occupied Manchuria. Known as Operation August Storm, the campaign saw over a million Soviet troops ...

In the aftermath of Japan’s surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, there was plenty of hope that the United States wouldn’t have the strength to respond. However, the US was a sleeping giant, and instead of ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II’s bloodiest battles. Naruhito and his wife, Empress Masako, ...

An American bomb dropped on Japan during World War II recently exploded after lying dormant for roughly 80 years. The 500-pound bomb detonated on Wednesday at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan.

In this article, we answer your most searched for questions about World War II, covering Hitler’s motivations through to key ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, pictured here in 2015, was the architect of a landmark Japanese apology for World War II crimes - Copyright AFP ...

An unexploded bomb dropped during World War II and subsequently buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday morning. This damaged a runway and canceled more than 80 flights, but no one was injured ...

A 500-pound bomb from World War II dropped by the United States on Japan exploded at a Japanese airport after nearly 80 years. One bomb out of the 179,967 tons of bombs dropped on Japan during World ...

Japan's former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, best known for making a statement apologising over World War II, died on Oct. 17 aged 101, officials said. Murayama issued the 1995 proclamation on the ...