Eight decades since the end of the Second World War, the US-Japan alliance continues to evolve beyond its Cold War ...

About two dozen people gathered at a burial ground in Japan for a service that coincided with Japan’s formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri in 1945.

Inside Japan, what were once far-right fringe voices have grown more prominent in recent years by insisting on a narrative denying or minimizing the brutality of Imperial Japan during World War II.

Japan on Friday is marking the surrender announcement by then-Emperor Hirohito 80 years ago at the end of World War II. The national ceremony at Tokyo’s Budokan hall begins at noon, the same ...

In particular, China’s understanding of its war against Japan has changed significantly over the decades. Alongside Japan’s ...

Japan and China commemorate World War II anniversary on different dates Japan occupied much of China before and during WWII in a devastating and brutal invasion. Nowadays, it is China’s military ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its World War Two defeat on Friday, with at least one cabinet minister joining thousands of visitors at a shrine that Japan's Asian neighbours ...

Japan’s dithering wartime leaders were just as harmful as European dictators, says Eri Hotta The historian argues that Japan stayed in the war much longer than necessary ...

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. Postal services that ...

Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates. Japan holds a solemn ceremony on August 15, the day Emperor Hirohito announced its ...