Vietnam has its own version of that turning point in history 80 years ago when the Japanese lost World War II — and their rule over much of Asia. Just as Communist China celebrates the occasion as a ...

When Chinese officials and elites berate Japan, as they frequently do these days, they often pointedly mention the atrocities that Imperial Japan committed after invading their country in the 1930s.

BENXI, China — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Japan remembers the victims in a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi are expected to travel to China for the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japan. On Wednesday, ...

But the ceremonies also provide insight into how dictatorships operate. Truth is intolerable to autocracies, which thrive off coercion and misinformation. Indeed, the entire commemoration was ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Airport scanners at office entrances, road closures for large-scale midnight rehearsals, drones banned, guards stationed 24/7 on all overpasses: Beijing has effectively paralysed ...