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 ...

World War II ended 75 years ago ... But some nations mark Aug. 15 as the war’s end, the day Japan’s emperor made a speech announcing the surrender. A: An abbreviation for Victory over Japan ...

Rieko Tamaki, 90, a resident of Naha, still remembers the final moments of her then 14-year-old brother's life during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. "He died in agony, crying out, ‘Give me water.

With the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaching, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba intends to establish an expert panel tasked with examining why Japan pushed ahead with a reckless war ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has praised the friendship and trust that his country and Japan have developed while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in battle d ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba wants to re-examine the origins of the ...

TAIPEI, March 26 (Reuters) - Taiwan will use this year's events to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World ... that won the war. World War Two, and the full-scale Japanese invasion of ...

As the 80th anniversary of the end of Iwo Jima — the infamous World War II battle against the Japanese Army — approaches on ...

Thousands of Palestinians protested Hamas "terrorists" on Tuesday in a rare demonstration in Gaza, as they demanded "an end ...

Taiwan to Channel World ... World War Two and fighting Japan can be brought to bear to the environment we are in now." China is also expected to hold large-scale events to mark the end of the ...