With this year marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, there were many events, media features and other efforts in Japan revisiting t･･･ ...

The A7M Reppu (Strong Gale) was conceived to succeed the legendary A6M Zero, but it never flew. Reports from Japan, quoting defense officials in deep background, have said the country's MoD (Ministry ...

Japanese troops on Wednesday detonated eight unexploded, U.S.-made bombs believed to be from World War II off the coast of southern Okinawa. The ordnance — one 5-inch shell, one 4-inch shell, five ...

An American bomb dropped on Japan during World War II recently exploded after lying dormant for roughly 80 years. The 500-pound bomb detonated on Wednesday at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan.

Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and cultural soft power. Dressed in a kimono, Hello Kitty performs a classical ...

A reporter traveled to the corners of the country to meet six World War II veterans, who had a warning for generations to come. By Martin Fackler Reporting from Tokyo Times Insider explains who we are ...

The explosion occurred on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at Miyazaki Airport, a former Imperial Japanese Navy base built in 1943 Natalia Senanayake is an Editorial Assistant, Lifestyle at PEOPLE. She covers all ...

The post-World War II international order was built upon a fundamental consensus between the victorious and the defeated. For ...

A 500-pound bomb from World War II dropped by the United States on Japan exploded at a Japanese airport after nearly 80 years. One bomb out of the 179,967 tons of bombs dropped on Japan during World ...

An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II suddenly detonated at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan on Wednesday. The blast caused significant disruption, as it left a large crater in a taxiway and ...

TOKYO — A Japanese flag, brought to America by a U.S. soldier who served in the Philippines during World War II, has returned home. The signature-covered flag was taken as a war trophy by the late ...

The appellate division of the Seoul Central District Court ordered on Thursday that the Japanese corporation Nippon Steel pay 100 million won to the four children of a Korean citizen who was a victim ...