A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has ...

Bereaved families and others held a memorial ceremony in Tokyo on Thursday to read out the names of victims of U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital during World War II 80 years ago. Some 80 ...

the B-29 was shot down in April 1945 on its way to conduct an air raid. Chapel was captured by the Japanese military police corps and imprisoned as a POW at the Tokyo Army Prison in Tokyo’s ...

Forensics investigators identified the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Glenn Hodak nearly 80 years after his B-29 bomber ...

A piano that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has been played to remember the victims of the Great Tokyo Air Raid in World War Two. The attack killed about 100,000 people in just one night.

TOKYO: During the Great Tokyo Air Raid on March 10, 1945, incendiary bombs rained down mercilessly, even on children. While many lives were lost in the flames, classmates were also separated.

A group of activists is calling for the revocation of a Japanese government honor given to U.S. Air Force Gen. Curtis LeMay, who masterminded the devastating firebombing of Tokyo during World War II.