TOKYO — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. With global tensions escalating, its governor said on Monday it is ...

A Singaporean historian has spent decades researching Japan's wartime occupation of his country. Lim Shao Bin is driven by personal loss and a belief that remembering history is vital to lasting peace ...

There are no rows of white crosses along the Satsuma Peninsula or victory memorials dotting Kagoshima Bay. No markers at beaches on Kyushu bearing names of American car brands — Buick, Cadillac, Stutz ...

Hideki Tojo viewed the Japanese army as an instrument of divine destiny. He ultimately led his country to ruin.

During the Battle of Midway, a crippled U.S. Army B-26 bomber flew so close over Japan’s flagship Akagi that its crew believed it was a suicide attack — years before Japan’s own “kamikaze” missions ...

On the 7th of December 1941, the Japanese launched their surprise military strike on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. It led to the United States formally declaring war on Japan, and vice ...

On March 9, 1945, the U.S. launched the deadliest air raid in history on Tokyo. 81 years later, most Americans still don't know it happened.

Yokohama North Dock, situated in the heart of Yokohama, once served as the U.S. Army's main port in Japan after World War II. Even today, it remains a key U.S. Army facility for moving troops, ...