Inspired by Messerschmitt's Me 262, the Nakajima Kikka (Orange Blossom) was a secret weapoin Japan hoped would turn the tide ...

During the Second World War, the Japanese had quite a different war ethos than the Allied powers and even their own allies ...

The ship was essentially a floating concentration camp and was lost for decades until an organization found a document ...

Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces intense heckling from anti-war demonstrators during an Okinawa WWII memorial service, highlighting deep local anger over Tokyo’s defense buildup.

Japan's former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, best known for making a statement apologising over World War II, died on Oct. 17 aged 101, officials said. Murayama issued the 1995 proclamation on the ...

Japanese prisoners of war arrived at Camp Clarinda in Iowa in early 1945, meeting a tense and hostile reception. Unlike German POWs who were integrated into some communities, Japanese prisoners faced ...