There are currently World War II veterans living in every U.S. state except Alaska, according to the VA. California, which ...

A newly uncovered U.S. military report reveals that over 400 Japanese were mobilized to run the Class-B and C Yokohama war ...

Historian Richard Overy explains how the US firebombing of Japanese cities in 1945 killed more civilians than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined – and why it has been largely forgotten ...

Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty ...

The Second World War ended eight decades ago this summer. But its specter looms large today. The war ended empires, upended ...

For pacifists, the answer is clear: since any deliberate killing is wrong, the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...

Australia this week announced a $6.5 billion deal to buy advanced warships from Japan, a move that can go a long way to ...

The Japanese surrender days later effectively ended World War II. “In Japan, we have mixed feelings,” said Maeda, who grew up in a farming town in Japan.

The 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender on Sept. 2 reminds us of just how different these two campaigns were.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan paid tribute Friday to more than 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World ...