Three Japanese-Filipinos left in the Philippines after the death or forced repatriation of their Japanese fathers after World ...

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

Japan's new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, has ignited intense international criticism after asserting that potential ...

After years of pressure to increase defense spending, Japan announced plans to do so just ahead of a trip by President Donald Trump to the region next week. "We are firmly preparing for President ...

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese empire capitulated after the United States threw atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was the last country of the Axis powers that continued its war, and ...

Stars and Stripes’ history goes back well before the Pacific arena. The first issue can be traced to Nov. 1, 1861, in ...

A coalition of retired military nurses and others is pushing to award the Congressional Gold Medal to World War II nurses.

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.

Japanese media The Sankei Shimbun recently released a video from the 1990s of current Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, ...

During a reception at Windsor Castle for Armistice Day, the King embraced a World War II veteran who left him emotional after ...

A 100-year-old veteran who survived the Battle of Iwo Jima recounts his experience and the freedom he's enjoyed since the Allies won World War II.