Journalist Kavita Puri hears from veterans of the second world war in Asia and asks why this conflict has been overlooked ...

On the Pacific front towards the end of World War II, Japan's imperial armed forces launched "kamikaze" attacks, or suicide ...

In the summer of World War II, Japan and the Soviet Union maintained an uneasy neutrality, bound by a 1941 pact that allowed ...

Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates ...

Even after the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was not universally expected that Japan would ...

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 ...

A famed Japanese destroyer sunk by U.S. torpedoes during a pivotal battle in World War II has been discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean more than 80 years after it sank, an exploration ...

Japanese warship used in WWII found on Pacific seafloor: See photos "I feel so lucky to see this ship. The fact that we have not seen Teruzuki in over 80 years underscores the importance of ...