Sept. 2 marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's formal World War II surrender. The capitulation was by design forceful and imposing, an absolutely made for Hollywood event — as in Hollywood documentary ...

Japan’s invasion of China in World War II began with the expansion of conflict after years of tension. Following the Marco ...

Hideo Shimizu L visits the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 13, 2024. After a 79-year ...

World War II narratives, up for grabs. In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Cannon fire, fighter jets, missil ...

The largest, most massive battleships to ever exist were the Japanese Yamato-class WWII-era warships which incorporated nine ultra-large 460mm 18.1-inch naval guns. The large weapons, designed for ...

Sergeant David Akui walked along Waimanalo Beach on the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, and spotted what he thought was a sea turtle ...

China marked the 12th National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre victims amid rising tensions with Japan over Taiwan and military actions. Xinhua’s December commentaries accused Tokyo of historical ...

Yet as the world marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the great war, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has ...

Japanese flags were given to soldiers during World War II. Those in Mount Pleasant’s Patriots Point Maritime Museum ...

TOKYO — As Japan's defeat marking the end of WWII nears its 80th anniversary, and some events fade from living memory, history is hardly consigned to books. It lives on in unhealed wounds, ...