Japan emerged as a world power in 1905 after its humiliating defeat of Russia. Though allied with the Entente during the First World War, Imperial Japan shifted its allegiances after being snubbed ...

Japan formally surrendered to the U.S. and Allies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, ending a global conflict that killed up to 60 million people.

An unexploded bomb dropped during World War II and subsequently buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday morning. This damaged a runway and canceled more than 80 flights, but no one was ...

Japan's enormous I-400-class subs were supposed to bring the fight to US shores, launching planes to drop bombs on American cities and bases during during World War II. But wartime shortages ...

Color scans of the roster of a Japanese army unit involved in bacteriological warfare in South China during the Chinese ...

The Japanese had put to sea during World War II a submarine fleet that was unmatched as to its diversity in the entire world. Large, globe-spanning models such as the I-400 (Sen Toku Type) with ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has started a weeklong visit to Mongolia that will honor Japanese World War II prisoners.

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 been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday. U.S. Army Air ...

America in World War 2. The United States declared war on Japan after the Pearl Harbour attack in 1941. ... It is famed for having dropped more bombs during World War 2 than any other American ...

Many Americans know about Japanese war crimes during World War II that victimized captured soldiers from Western countries, as depicted in the classic 1957 British film The Bridge on the River ...

Precious artifacts, taken from Japan 80 years ago and recently found in Massachusetts, have been returned. The FBI in Boston says last year, a family who wishes to remain anonymous, found 22 items ...