On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito gave a speech on the radio in which he announced the unconditional ...

In the spring of 1945, intelligence officers from the US Army Air Forces received several unexpected reconnaissance images.

TOKYO — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about how the ...

Japan’s former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, best known for his historic apology over Japan’s wartime actions, has died ...

BENXI, China — 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. Japan remembers the victims in a ...

His 1995 declaration of "deep remorse", "heartfelt apology" became a benchmark for Tokyo’s subsequent apologies over World ...

As they fly wing to wing over a vital spot in the development of the atomic bomb, a native of Japan and a former US military officer hope their friendship outshines the horror of the blasts that took ...

TOKYO – It’s been a tough year for Japan, what with the earthquake and tsunami, North Korean nukes and China’s increasingly aggressive military. But there’s a silver lining for at least one part of ...

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members with Fire Leading Company, Field Artillery Battalion, Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, conducts a 9-line close air support (CAS) brief while ...

Japan is sending fighter jets to Europe in its boldest military deployment since World War II. The deployment, announced last month in Tokyo, underscores the growing relationship between Tokyo and key ...

TOKYO — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called Japan on Sunday an “indispensable partner” in deterring growing Chinese assertiveness in the region and announced upgrading the U.S. military command in ...