Japanese policymakers are increasingly broaching discussions of “strategic autonomy” as concerns mount about Washington’s ...

The imperative for Japan to confront the uncomfortable historical truths remains an inescapable requisite to foster genuine ...

Known for its sheer brutality, the Battle of Kohima is often called the “Stalingrad of the East.” This epic stand against the ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family prayed on Wednesday in Okinawa for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest ...

World War II veterans, now mostly centenarians, have returned with the same message they fought for then: Freedom is worth ...

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 ...

Human remains discovered on Okinawa in 2004 have been identified as those of a Japanese soldier, marking the first time DNA ...

West Virginia University research has revealed negative intergenerational reproductive health effects from the Japanese American detainment camps of World War II.

Of the approximately 500 trainees whom Sakuma taught up to 2010, about 120 left Japan after the disaster. However, more than 30 of them returned to Onagawa. Some needed to continue working to ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) suspended operations of coupled Shinkansen following a decoupling mishap on March 6 in Tokyo, inconveniencing passengers on those routes and adding runs to ...