Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...
Visitors dressed up line up to offer prayers at the Yasukuni Shrine on the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte) TOKYO (AP) ...
In August 1942, Japanese ace Saburo Sakai watched American fighters begin fighting in a way the Imperial Navy had never seen before. Above Guadalcanal, elite Zero pilots suddenly found themselves ...
In the face of just trials, some countries have sincerely reflected on their past, publicly apologized, comprehensively ...
BENXI, China — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Japan remembers the victims in a ...
The Asama Maru, a Japanese ship that transported Allied civilians to the east coast of Africa, where they were traded for Japanese civilians from North and South America during World War II Public ...