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

His televised address as prime minister, delivered 50 years to the day after Japan announced its surrender, set a marker for ...

Japan’s former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his 1995 “Murayama statement” apologizing to Asian victims of his country’s aggression, died Friday. He was 101. Murayama died at a ...

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

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

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 ...

TOKYO, Oct 2 (Reuters) - A regional airport in southwest Japan was closed on Wednesday after a U.S. bombshell, likely dropped during World War Two to stem "kamikaze" attacks, exploded near its runway, ...

South Korea held a memorial ceremony for Korean forced laborers at Japan's Sado gold mines on Monday, after the country boycotted a similar event organized by Japan the previous day. Tensions between ...

Japan’s presumptive first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is the face of a hard-right turn for Japanese politics. Her ...

Japan's former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, famous for making a statement apologising over World War II, died Friday ...

Japan's former prime minister, Tomiichi Murayama, best known for making a statement apologising over World War II, died ...