More than 14 U.S. Army and Marine divisions never landed on X-Day of Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan to end ...

The community of Hood River, in partnership with the Oregon Travel Information Council, unveiled a new historical marker on ...

With the Allies closing in, Germany and Imperial Japan launched spectacularly daring last-ditch missions to save themselves ...

GIBSONBURG – A chunk of burnt metal, a signed Japanese flag, a book about conversion to Christianity and a rubber personal floatation device may not seem to have much in common. Yet they are all part ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan paid tribute Friday to more than 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World War II 80 years ago, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of ...

{{youtube:medium|isPdRBiiAFI}} “February 28, 1946: Tokyo. On a late winter afternoon, crowds of Tokyo-ites packed the movie houses for a much-awaited treat. The rumor had spread widely: Hollywood was ...

Hideo Shimizu L visits the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 13, 2024. After a 79-year ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru (center) walks with U.S. President Donald Trump (right) during a visit to the White House, Feb. 7, 2025. Credit: Prime Minister’s Office of Japan August is a ...

Rod Davis, an Athens man who over the years has accumulated a wealth of information about World War II, will deliver a presentation on a bombing mission that occurred over Japan on Sunday at the ...

The largest, most massive battleships to ever exist were the Japanese Yamato-class WWII-era warships which incorporated nine ultra-large 460mm 18.1-inch naval guns. The large weapons, designed for ...