As the Pacific War intensified, Japan launched a daring offensive far from home. In 1942, Japanese forces struck deep into the Indian Ocean, raiding Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and threatening the British ...

Sept. 2 marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's formal World War II surrender. The capitulation was by design forceful and imposing, an absolutely made for Hollywood event — as in Hollywood documentary ...

Takeuchi, originally from Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo, first visited China in 2010 to produce the three-part documentary A ...

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Dr Daniel Cowling, Senior Historian at the National Army Museum, traces the battles that continued long after VJ Day was ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is paying tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending World War II, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of the ...

The documentary Why We Dream premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, now underway in New York City, presenting the audience with an emotional examination of how war shapes society and the individual.