2, 1945, to officially end World War II. China and Russia commemorate ... Hiroshima and Nagasaki were thrust into Japan’s public consciousness only after the country regained independence ...

After suffering more than 220,000 casualties, the Empire of Japan announced its surrender, leading to the end of World War II. The US forces quickly moved in to launch Operation Blacklist ...

ANCHIETA, Brazil--After more than 75 years ... Both believed that Japan won World War II without a doubt. “It was natural for them to believe so because they listened only to announcements ...

Japan will mark the 80th anniversary of its surrender in World War II on August 15. During WWII, Japan fought in China and Burma -- today, Myanmar -- against Allied forces, and tried to invade British ...

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 ...

With 2025 marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, issues of historical perception ... since it takes a critical view of Japan’s modern history in general, clearly acknowledges ...

Japan will mark the 80th anniversary of its surrender in World War II on August 15 ... The war ended in August 1945 after the United States dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan.

TOKYO: Japan’s Emperor Naruhito renewed his wish for world peace on his birthday, marking the 80th anniversary ...

It also thrust an ambivalent nation into World War II. Stories abound of young men joining up after Pearl Harbor ... Roosevelt's declaration of war on Japan on December 8 may have braced many ...

A World War II bomb exploded from beneath an airport in Japan on Wednesday, canceling over 80 flights. The blast left a large ...

A World War II era bomb that lay buried ... been recovered from the site. Even after 79 years of the end of the war, discovery of unexploded bombs across Japan is not uncommon.

In the aftermath of Japan ... After the war, it operated off China and Korea before decommissioning in 1946. The USS O’Bannon (DD-450), a destroyer, played a vital role in World War II as ...