The phrases ‘deep remorse’ and ‘heartfelt apology’ became templates for Japanese leaders marking WWII anniversaries.

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba released a long-awaited personal statement on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II ...

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

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

The A7M Reppu (Strong Gale) was conceived to succeed the legendary A6M Zero, but it never entered service. Reports from Japan, quoting defense officials in deep background, have said the country’s MoD ...

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