MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines celebrates the Day of Valor or Araw ng Kagitingan every April 9. This commemorates the ...

Emperor Hirohito, in whose name Japanese soldiers fought the war, last visited the shrine in 1975. Historians say he was displeased over the enshrinement of convicted wartime leaders. No emperor ...

Defense Minister Minoru Kihara visited war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug ... deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, to lodge a protest. “We express our deep ...

According to the shrine, there were about ... I prayed for world peace as ending the war in Ukraine and other conflicts is necessary for economic development." (Japanese original by Takashi ...

Judge warns of consequences if Trump administration violated deportation order The Trump administration could face consequences if it violated a judge's order temporarily blocking the deportation ...

Japanese Canadians were shipped to interior B.C. aboard trains during the Second World War. Picture here, children looking out a train window on their way to internment camps. (National Archives ...

I was 19 when the war began. As Japanese forces moved closer towards Hong Kong, I worked in the city, loading hundreds of bags of rice onto ferries on Hong Kong Island every day. But when Japanese ...

The US official claimed on Saturday that the "courage" of the two militaries in this battle needs to be "revered" and their "valor and sacrifice" should be "remembered," praising "shared warrior ethos ...

NAA: J25, 1970/54 Credit: Keiko Tamura/Australian War Memorial/National Archives of Australia Despite the strong family opposition, about 650 Japanese women in their 20s decided to come to ...

A Japanese shrine famous to video game fans has announced a ban on visits by tourists, following an "unforgivable act of disrespect". In 2021, Ghost of Tsushima players helped the Tsushima ...