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 ...

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 ...

Within the Context, Joint Force Capabilities, At Decisive Points” — just one of the haikus written by Army officers during the Advanced Military Studies program.

GalleryUsing pictures left by her grandmother, photographer Jennifer Sakai retraces the story of her ancestors, who were sent to the Poston camp during World War II. When Jennifer Sakai's ...

After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II, Pins joined the ... the Pacific theater to assist Japan. That plan was thwarted when ...

The Latest Historic images from 80 years ago show the unprecedented scale of the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France, changing the course of World War II ... ago in the Japanese bombing ...

Six years after it started, World War II ended in ... 214,000 people and force Japan to surrender. Emperor Hirohito announces Japan’s capitulation on August 15, and the formal surrender occurs on ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will likely visit Mongolia in July, the first trip to the country by a reigning imperial ...

Easily one of the best World War II movies ever, more so due to its anime nature, ‘Grave of the Fireflies’ is directed by Isao Takahata. The Studio Ghibli venture centers on an orphaned brother-sister ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering a visit to Iwoto Island in April to pay respects to the victims of the fierce fighting in the closing stages of World War II 80 years ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plan to face up to Japan’s wartime history on their visit to Indonesia, a country Japan occupied for more than three years until its defeat in World War II in ...

A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...