Eighty years have passed since Japan’s surrender ended the second world war. But the way Japan thinks about its wartime ...

The Kawasaki Ki-3 was a transitional aircraft - a rugged biplane bomber that bridged the gap between World War I designs and ...

The release of WWII-era military documents this year has given a boost to researchers digging into Japan's germ warfare ...

To commemorate this historic milestone and its lasting impact, the Global Times has launched a themed series revisiting the great significance of the victory through three lenses: The "Guardians of ...

In a dusty box, a Nagano man finds proof his father served in Nanjing, China, with Unit 1644, part of Japan’s covert ...

The National Interest now looks at the Nakajima Ki 27, aka the Type 97, which was the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force’s (IJAAF) main fighter until the official start of World War II.

An estimated 50,000 to 200,000 women were forced into sexual slavery in countries occupied by the Japanese army during WWII ...

Eighty years after Japan was defeated, a wave of Chinese films about the occupation are fuelling memory and anger.

Near Waseda University, a prestigious Japanese institution, stands the Women's Active Museum on War and Peace (WAM) - Japan's ...