In the aftermath of Japan’s surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, there was plenty of hope that the United States wouldn’t have the strength to respond. However, the US was a sleeping giant, and instead of ...

BENXI, China (AP) — 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 ...

Japan’s military leads backlash against government plan to bring back WWII-era titles - Ruling coalition says move aligns SDF with ‘international standards’, but critics warn it risks regional tension ...

A 500-pound bomb from World War II dropped by the United States on Japan exploded at a Japanese airport after nearly 80 years. One bomb out of the 179,967 tons of bombs dropped on Japan during World ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kishida exits the stage. The 67-year-old recently announced that he will be stepping down, ending his three-year tenure as Japan's ...

The Japanese leader revived the phrase “remorse” in his remarks, while also seeking to appease conservative members of the LDP. Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru delivers an address at the the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's planned statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two will likely reflect his view that Japan's "comfort women" system of wartime ...

Japanese-German Relations, 1895-1945: War, Diplomacy and Public Opinion (United Kingdom: Routledge, 2006). The Japanese Navy in World War II: In the Words of Former Japanese Naval Officers, Second ...

The Japanese leader revived the phrase “remorse” in his remarks, while also seeking to appease conservative members of the LDP. The country's postwar history was a remarkable story of national rebirth ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, pictured here in 2015, was the architect of a landmark Japanese apology for World War II crimes - Copyright AFP ...