Richard Overy’s chilling new book Rain of Ruin charts the lead-up to Japan’s surrender in the second World War and is published to mark the 80th anniversary of the terrible events of that time.

On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned humans to ash and Tokyo into a wasteland. Nishio, now about to turn 86, was one of the lucky ones.

On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned humans to ash and Tokyo into

Alexis Dudden on the firebombing of Tokyo and on post-war struggles to keep it remembered

Because of the atomic bombings and Japan's surrender a month later, the firebombing of Tokyo is often overlooked in history.

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HIROSHIMA--A large, ancient statue of Buddha ... taking up residence in places such as Yamagata Prefecture and Tokyo. It was enshrined at the Daibutsuden hall of Sairenji temple, located on ...