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 ...

What the world’s only atomic bombings, carried out by the United States military, did to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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

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

For much of the 8th century, Nara was home to Japan’s first permanent capital, Heijō-kyō, a sprawling planned city with a ...

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 ...

The waves reportedly hit the Rybachiy naval base, which houses the bulk of the nuclear submarines in Russia's Pacific Fleet, ...

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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