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 ...

Every August, Japanese media outlets offer specials on World War II and accounts of survivors’ wartime experiences. These features center around Aug. 15, the date when Emperor Hirohito announced ...

Using pictures left by her grandmother, photographer Jennifer Sakai retraces the story of her ancestors, who were sent to the ...

As World War II neared its end, Japan found itself with much of its naval forces destroyed as the Americans reconquered Japan's newly acquired islands. One way the Japanese decided to counter the ...

A long-buried World War Two bomb exploded in early October at Japan's Miyazaki Airport. Nearly 80 years after the war ended, bombs that didn't detonate still turn up nationwide.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is hoping for reassurances Friday that the alliance is still strong. But in this White House, ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump meets Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for the first time on Friday as two ...