The annual Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) celebration marks the date Imperial Japan surrendered to the Allies. On August 15, ...

The USS New Orleans was struck by a Japanese “Long Lance” torpedo during the November 1942 Battle of Tassafaronga, off the coast of Guadalcanal. The powerful explosion sheared off nearly a third of ...

Eighty years ago this week, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. Three days later, another ...

On Aug. 15, Japan surrendered. The Japanese empire’s bloody march through Asia was over. But the impact on civilians lingered ...

In his report, Clark wrote that Takeda “readily agreed” and, as US and Japanese soldiers knelt together by the shore in ...

Now, 80 years since the end of World War II, some of Japan's last survivors have told Foreign Correspondent they are demanding recognition, an apology and even compensation. It's a desperate plea.

Russian military experts have detailed a hypothetical missile strategy aimed at Japan's defense infrastructure, targeting air ...

Eighty years after the city’s destruction, we seem to be blundering into a new age of nuclear perils. It is time for culture ...

A single torpedo salvo from I-19, often called one of the most damaging in submarine warfare history, singlehandedly crippled an entire carrier task force.

Planning a trip to Kyoto, Japan? Our guide covers the must-see temples, the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, where to eat, and the ...

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