Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering a visit to Iwoto Island in April to pay respects to the victims ...

Then 55, he was the last of the 'holdouts' – the name given to the small band of Japanese soldiers who battled on long after the war, refusing to believe reports of Emperor Hirohito's admission ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B Roberts.

her father was called up for military service when he was 21. He was detained in Siberia by the Soviet Union after World War II ended and returned to Japan in 1948. He lost himself to alcohol and ...

They’re often called the greatest generation. We’re talking about World War II veterans. Memories of World War II are ...

At the end of World War II, the Japanese Unit 731 planned a biological attack on the USA. Tokyo had the technological ...

Japan. WW2: How close did D-Day come to failure? documentWW2: How close did D-Day come to failure? Over 150,000 British, US and Canadian soldiers had landed by air and sea and pushed their way ...

Japan will expand an unprecedented military aid program, the first of its kind since World War II, to help the armed forces ...

Approved on Dec. 27, 2024, the upcoming defense budget beginning April 1 is up 9.4% to a record 8.7 trillion yen, the ...