As Japan's Emperor Naruhito travels across the country to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II this year, he ...

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday.

Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the Japanese “tin cans” acquired the grudging respect of the Americans for ...

Despite the successes of the I-19 in the war, Japan was never able to connect these victories with a larger strategy for ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday paid their respects to the war dead on Ioto Island in the Pacific, the ...

Forensics investigators identified the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Glenn Hodak nearly 80 years after his B-29 bomber ...

U.S. military personnel working at bases in Tachikawa, Fussa, both in western Tokyo, and elsewhere ... bombing runs by U.S. forces during World War II. “People thought their community could ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the ...

Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino was an American disc jockey and radio personality who starred in English-language radio broadcasts ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has praised the friendship and trust that his country and Japan have developed while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in battle ...

The island was the scene of 5 weeks of brutal combat between Japanese and US forces in World War II. Read more at ...

(National Archives) World War II was marked by numerous technical advances ... versus American counterparts trying to intercept them. Nicknamed the “Tokyo Express” by their opponents, the ...