A fundamental change came in December 2022 when former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government adopted a security strategy ...

Japan is barreling forward with efforts to significantly boost its military capabilities to stand up to China's growing ...

TOKYO (AP) — For years, orphans in Japan were punished just for surviving the war. They were bullied. They were called trash and left to fend for themselves on the street. Police rounded them up and ...

This film explores how air superiority in World War II shifted in the Pacific, from the early dominance of the Mitsubishi ...

A woman who lost her parents during war and was raised by kind strangers grew up to dedicate her life to helping others. Her ...

In 1943, Japan proposed the Konishi KX-3, a gigantic flying boat designed to solve the empire’s collapsing supply lines across the Pacific. Planned to weigh over 400 tons and carry up to 1,000 troops ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: An amphibious assault against an island defended even by a small number of well-armed defenders with long-range weapons is difficult, which is one reason why the U.S.

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headlamp and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the skulls, he says, ...

As the expansive military and economic competition between the United States and China intensifies, Japan stands on the frontier of West and East with a new Cold War brewing between the world's top ...

TOKYO >> World War II ended 75 years ago, but not all countries commemorate it on the same day. Today is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when ...

TOKYOTOKYO — For years, orphans in Japan were punished just for surviving the war. They were bullied. They were called trash and left to fend for themselves on the street. Police rounded them up and ...