In 1942, Japanese forces occupied remote islands in Alaska, bringing World War II directly onto American territory. The ...
The Battle of the Bismarck Sea marked the moment Japan lost its last real chance to control New Guinea. Allied aircraft destroyed a Japanese convoy attempting to reinforce the front, wiping out troops ...
Nearly 6,000 residents were ordered to evacuate in the city of Imabari due to the fire that has destroyed multiple buildings since Sunday (March 23), disrupting traffic and closing highways in the ...
June 23 (UPI) --More than 4,000 people on Monday filled an Okinawa park to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's final WWII battle, while citizens reflected over long-lost loved ones and a promise by a ...
World War II narratives, up for grabs. In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the ...
TOKYO — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. With global tensions escalating, its governor said on Monday it is ...
World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, wretched captivity in prisoner-of-war camps and the sinking of his first POW ...
On a sprawling Sino-Japanese war film set in a Shanghai studio, Japanese actor Tenma Shibuya leaned into this reporter and quietly warned, "Don't speak Japanese." Chinese parents and their son, ...