At the start of the war, Japan’s Zero fighter shocked the world. It could outmaneuver and outfight almost anything in the sky ...

On Dec. 23, 1948, former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were hanged in Tokyo under sentence of ...

Japan now operates dozens of advanced F-35 stealth fighters—including the F-35B STOVL variant, based on its two ...

Japan entered World War II believing the United States lacked the will to fight a long war. This film follows Pearl Harbor, ...

TOKYO (AP) — For years, orphans in Japan were punished just for surviving the war. They were bullied. They were called trash and left to fend for themselves on the street. Police rounded them up and ...

TOKYO >> World War II ended 75 years ago, but not all countries commemorate it on the same day. Today is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: An amphibious assault against an island defended even by a small number of well-armed defenders with long-range weapons is difficult, which is one reason why the U.S.

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headlamp and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the skulls, he says, ...

While diplomatic tensions between the two countries are not new, both have little to gain from the current dispute subsiding.

TOKYO (AP) — For years, orphans in Japan were punished just for surviving the war. They were bullied. They were called trash and left to fend for themselves on the street. Police rounded them up and ...