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

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Just as Emperor Hirohito was announcing Japan’s surrender, two US Army Air Corps P-51 fighters attacked a Tokyo airfield on August 15, 1945 during the last few hours of World War II. Their strafing ...

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

The country’s postwar history was a remarkable story of national rebirth. Now the assumptions that underpinned the last 80 years of policy are being stressed to the limit. Japanese Prime Minister ...

Japanese vlogger Hayato Kato's 1.9 million followers are used to his funny clips about exploring China, where he has been living for several years. But on 26 July he surprised them with a sombre one. ...

Ever since the Japanese occupation of Manchuria in 1931, which was precipitated by Japan’s Army leaders in defiance of the Cabinet’s more conciliatory policy (TIME, Sept. 28, 1931 et seq.}, the spunky ...

WASHINGTON -- The United States and Japan share common goals in the Indo-Pacific region such as freedom of navigation, economic prosperity within the rules of international law, and deterrence of ...

When two U.S. Army photographers set off on a photo-centric journey across Japan, it wasn’t for a deployment or to cover a training exercise — it was a spontaneous adventure born out of friendship, ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan — Tucked away inside a cardboard box at the headquarters of U.S. Army Japan is a relic of the original armistice that ended the Korean War 72 years ago. A booklet containing a set of ...