A Japanese ship was in a convoy steaming through the South China Sea on September 21, 1944, with around 1,200 British and Dutch prisoners of war crammed in its holds. US warplanes, mistaking the ...
On February 17, 1944, American carrier aircraft struck Truk Lagoon, one of Japan’s most important naval bases in the central Pacific. The target was not a beachhead. No Marines were waiting in landing ...
On the anniversary of the atomic bombings, survivors and activists tell DW Japan's military buildup risks eroding its ...
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A trove of artifacts unearthed recently at a construction site revealed a page from the World War II-era history of this airlift hub in western Tokyo. Formerly known as Tama ...
Heads bowed, experts offered their respects on Monday ahead of an excavation aimed at recovering the remains of Japanese soldiers from World War II in so ...