Royal New Zealand Navy veteran Ken Gordon has received a letter from King Charles thanking him for his war service. To mark ...

His films tapped into the fantasies of disgruntled youth by embracing brazen sexuality and countercultural politics. But ...

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

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said.

I was promised cherry blossoms if I came to Tokyo,” joked Professor Peter Feaver on a chilly March Friday to a room full of ...

World War II veteran Colin “Russ” Gibbins says he’s still “fighting fit”, even as he prepares to turn 100 this weekend.

As a young woman, Wanderwell circumnavigate the world three times by automobile, living an astonishing life of adventure ...

Japan fought the war and invaded large areas of Asia in the name of his grandfather, Emperor Hirohito. The battle of Iwo Jima lasted from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945, as the United States tried to take ...

Not surprisingly, he was vehemently anti–Japanese. Furthermore, he was utterly convinced that the Japanese army had been personally led by Emperor Hirohito, who, he claimed, had specifically ordered ...