On this day in 1938, the Yellow River experienced a major flood during the Second Sino-Japanese War when the Chinese Nationalist government deliberately destroyed the dikes along the river to halt the ...

The Marine officer’s experience in 1920s China gave him a vision of close-knit fighting units that he would use to shape ...

Mozi also urged the powerful warlords of his time to refrain from launching aggressive wars that cost human lives. He stood ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family have visited Okinawa to pray for the war dead ahead of the 80th anniversary marking ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family have prayed for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II fought on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa 80 years ago ...

Analysts warn that developments in the Second Island Chain - which has seen increased manoeuvring from Washington and Beijing ...

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Okafor If history has taught anything to nations and peoples who have suffered collective trauma, it is that when their ...

Estonia and Japan may be geographically far apart, but their views on international security and major powers have been ...

Before Tsui Hark became synonymous with arthouse action films, his Hong Kong New Wave comedy “Shanghai Blues” helped put Tsui on the map. The auteur’s 1984 film is earning a long-overdue 4K ...

I was an eleven-year-old boy in boarding school at the time - Sainik School Korukonda (near Visakhapatnam) - and our principal, the late Cdr Trevor de Almeida apprised us of the war at the morning ...