In December 1941, Imperial Japan opened the Pacific theater of World War Two with two acts of stunning shortsightedness. The attack on Pearl Harbor and the near-simultaneous invasion of the Malay ...

A ceremony has been held in the Philippine capital of Manila to commemorate the victims of a month-long battle between the now-defunct Imperial Japanese military and US troops 80 years ago.

World War II ended 75 years ago, but not all countries commemorate it on the same day. Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States ...

The Pacific War in the Second World War was fought over a vast area encompassing the Pacific islands and Southeast Asia. It began in December 1941 when Japan invaded Thailand and attacked the ...

Museum Staffers Stumble on Japanese World War II Hand Grenade in Their Archives, Leave Them Stunned Employees at the ...

A hundred years have passed since the outbreak of World War I. Some have likened the fraught ... In this series we look at Japan’s response to the global upheavals of the 1910s—1920s, a ...

The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have invited US President Donald Trump to visit this year for the 80th anniversary of ...

Germany surrendered in May and their ally, Japan, surrendered in September. The war involved the world’s major powers, including Britain, France, Russia, the USA, China and Japan. This guide ...

Nearly 90 flights were canceled in Japan after an unexploded American bomb from the Second World War exploded unexpectedly on the taxiway of a regional airport. The Miyazaki Airport in southwest ...

The head of Japan's ruling coalition partner on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to issue a fresh war ...