A new book chronicles the tense negotiations that secured the return of nearly 3,000 Allied civilians held by the Japanese ...

Some politicians and commentators in Japan are reportedly worried that resigning Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba may break from ...

Oversized panels are set up inside the B.F. Hamilton Library on Franklin College’s campus, part of the exhibit “A Resilient Faith: Japanese American Baptists During World War II.” The exhibit, which ...

Japanese-German Relations, 1895-1945: War, Diplomacy and Public Opinion (United Kingdom: Routledge, 2006). The Japanese Navy in World War II: In the Words of Former Japanese Naval Officers, Second ...

In August 1945, the Soviet Union launched a massive and largely forgotten offensive into Japanese-occupied Manchuria. Known as Operation August Storm, the campaign saw over a million Soviet troops ...

In the aftermath of Japan’s surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, there was plenty of hope that the United States wouldn’t have the strength to respond. However, the US was a sleeping giant, and instead of ...

Sept. 2 marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's formal World War II surrender. The capitulation was by design forceful and imposing, an absolutely made for Hollywood event -- as in Hollywood documentary ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II’s bloodiest battles. Naruhito and his wife, Empress Masako, ...

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. Iran’s World Cup place in ...

In this article, we answer your most searched for questions about World War II, covering Hitler’s motivations through to key ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, pictured here in 2015, was the architect of a landmark Japanese apology for World War II crimes - Copyright AFP ...