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This Is How Ordinary Life Looked Like in Japan After WWII

In 1949, Japan stood at a crossroads between devastation and recovery. The country was still reeling from the impact of World War II, while facing rapid political and cultural changes under U.S.
Stars and Stripes

Americans planned a massive invasion of Japan for November 1945. But it didn’t happen.

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

How Japan’s Outgoing Leader Could Break From Tradition in Talking About World War II

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba bows to the crowd after giving a speech during the 80th anniversary ceremony of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on ...
Times Union

Editorial: After World War II, 'a new and better world'

Thousands celebrate in Albany's Capitol Park on Aug. 14, 1945, after Japan announced its intent to surrender. The front page of the Times Union on Sept. 2, 1945, the day of Japan's formal surrender, ...