Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba mentioned on a July 20 radio program that 60% of Japanese military deaths during World War II ...

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is opening an exhibition on former Japanese soldiers who suffered post-traumatic ...

The crude assortment of fighting tools used by the Japanese during World War II give clues of an unprepared and unmatched ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, right, and Empress Masako observe a moment of silence during a memorial service for the war dead as Japan marks the 78th anniversary of Japan's World War II defeat, at ...

Many Americans know about Japanese war crimes during World War II that victimized captured soldiers from Western countries, as depicted in the classic 1957 British film The Bridge on the River Kwai.

People listened to the radio on Aug. 15, 1945, in Tokyo as Emperor Hirohito announced that Japan had been defeated in World War II. Credit Kyodo News, via Associated Press Aug. 15, 1945 ...

A film about kamikaze pilots has been playing to packed theaters from Hokkaido to Kyushu since its release in December of 2013, becoming one of the top-grossing Japanese productions of all time.

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.

TOKYO — Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two this year, offered flowers and prayers on Thursday at a memorial to those who died ...

When author Tadanori Hayakawa looks at life in Japan during World War II, his eye is drawn to the bizarre. Take the case of nudism: At some schools, both the pupils and teachers wore only ...

U.S. submarine that went missing in WWII found off Japan's coast The wreckage of the USS Albacore, credited with sinking at least 10 enemy vessels during the war, was identified, the Navy said ...

When author Tadanori Hayakawa looks at life in Japan during World War II, his eye is drawn to the bizarre. Take the case of nudism: At some schools, both the pupils and teachers wore only ...