Nearly 80 years after the end of World War II, 1.2 million Japanese war dead are still unaccounted for. That's about half of the 2.4 million Japanese, mostly soldiers, who died during Japan's ...

Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa's jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the ...

It was reorganized in 1942 under the Bank of Japan Act of 1942, which reflected the wartime context. The Act of 1942 was amended several times after World War II, and the establishment of the ...

World War II ended 75 years ago ... The broadcast came one day after Japan told the United States and its allies that it was surrendering, and Hirohito and Japanese ministers signed the Imperial ...

Because of the atomic bombings and Japan's surrender a month later, the firebombing of Tokyo is often overlooked in history.

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

Ambassador to the UK recalled after comparing Trump’s bid to end the war in Ukraine to the appeasement of Nazi Germany.

War heroes and military firsts are among 3,500 images flagged for removal in the Pentagon's purge of DEI content.

a year after its uninterrupted rule since its founding in 1955 ended. The LDP formed a coalition government with its longtime rival Japan Socialist Party, the predecessor of the Social Democratic ...

Signs warn travellers that services will be delayed until further notice after the unexploded WW2 bomb was found on the tracks at a nearby suburb. We've just seen a service update from Eurostar ...