The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis secretly delivered components of the atomic bomb “Little Boy” to the island of ...

Despite decades-long thorny ties between Korea and Japan — a result of Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule — collaborations between ...

After Iwo Jima fell, American P-51 Mustangs could do what once seemed impossible: fly hundreds of miles over open ocean, ...

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Statue recognising Japan’s sexual slavery of up to 200,000 women in second world war will no longer be erected in Auckland ...

Tsutomu Yamaguchi is known to be the sole individual recognised to have survived both atomic attacks in Japan during the Second World War period. His .

Explore Japan’s 1947 postwar constitution that established democracy, civil rights, and pacifism, marking a key ...

Naval blockades are among the oldest weapons of war, using sea control to cut supplies and force an enemy’s surrender.

The interment ceremony for a World War II POW from Troy is taking place at 2 p.m. at the Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga ...

This is how Japan wakes up. It’s called Radio Taiso — Exercise Radio in English — a simple yet dynamic way to start the day.

Tokyo Trial. As a landmark judicial event in the aftermath of World War II, the trial has exerted a profound influence on ...