Control of Midway island was part of the Japanese navy’s plan to dominate the Pacific. American codebreakers had other ideas.

Japan was isolated from the outside world due to years of internal conflict and fear of colonization by European powers. When ...

The arrival of the American military in Okinawa in the spring of 1945 marked the beginning of one of the bloodiest battles in ...

Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial tells the painful stories of the forced incarceration of Japanese ...

Work has begun to recover the remains of Japanese soldiers at a mass burial site on Palau's Peleliu Island, a fierce ...

TINIAN/GUAM (Kyodo) -- The Pacific island of Tinian is planning a "big" commemoration in August to mark the 80th anniversary ...

The apparent remains of Japanese people believed to have died in World War Two have been newly found in a mass burial site on Palau's Peleliu Island in the Pacific.

Vashon Island Beachcomber relies on subscription revenue to provide local content for our readers. Islanders gathered to commemorate the unconstitutional incarceration during World War II. Islanders ...