It’s a controversial move that some fear deviates from Tokyo’s pacifist ideals, but one others say is much needed in a ...

Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito’s announcement of Japan’s World War II surrender, but as living ...

The discovery, announced by the Hellships Memorial Foundation, was also aired in early June on the Discovery Channel’s Expedition Unknown program.

President Donald Trump's push for Japanese self-reliance aligns with the long-standing desire of conservatives in Tokyo to ...

A former Imperial Japanese Navy fighter that was ditched at sea near the end of World War II finally emerged into the ...

Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...

A Japanese soldier who hid in the Philippine jungle for three decades, refusing to believe World War II was over until his former commander returned and ordered him to surrender, has died in Tokyo ...

The new model foresees the creation of a National Intelligence Council that centralizes management under the direct command of the prime minister ...

During World War II, Japan’s fleet was large and qualitatively peerless, but unsupported by a broader defense-industrial base. The United States finds itself in the same position today. Talk about an ...

TOKYO—Japan is struggling to quell a mounting barrage of international criticism over the country's wartime acts. A United Nations human-rights panel last week urged Japanese officials to stop ...

Heads bowed, experts offered their respects on Monday ahead of an excavation aimed at recovering the remains of Japanese soldiers from World War II in so ...