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.

Curtis LeMay, head of the Strategic Air Command during the Korean War Pre-4th Geneva Convention. Which came to bear partially because of what happened to the Japanese civilian population in WW2, ...

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 daring WWII bombing raid on Tokyo took a strange turn when one American bomber veered off course and landed in Soviet ...

A boat sitting in a river in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward that looks like any other watercraft has been causing waves online as it may have once been part of the Imperial Japanese Navy. There is a high ...

As the international order based on the rule of law faces a crisis, a statement from Japan's leader expressing a strong ...

TASS/. Tokyo’s refusal to recognize the results of the Second World War stands in the way of signing a peace treaty between Russia and Japan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated in a ...

Trump officials could face criminal contempt over deportations, judge says Trump administration officials could face criminal contempt charges for violating a U.S. federal judge's order halting ...

Curtis LeMay, who masterminded the devastating firebombing of Tokyo during World War II. The petition to the government was filed by Gamafuya, a peace advocacy group from Okinawa Prefecture ...

near Tokyo, Japan, 30 August 1945. U.S. National Archives. Occupation official turned historian Richard B. Finn notes, "World War II was the first major conflict in history in which the victors ...

(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 ...