Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering a visit to Iwoto Island in April to pay respects to the victims ...

Conservative members of the prime minister's ruling Liberal Democratic Party oppose releasing such a statement.

From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the ...

The remains of 136 people from the Korean Peninsula and 47 Japanese nationals still lie in the flooded Chosei coal mine in Ube.

Japanese troops removed and defused an American shell believed to be from World War II from a construction site in Okinawa’s ...

The head of Japan's ruling coalition partner on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to issue a fresh war ...

Japan is gravely concerned about actions in the South China Sea that are raising tensions, and strongly opposes any ...

China and Japan have markedly intensified their efforts to try and reinvigorate bilateral ties since the Shigeru Ishiba ...

As Asia-Pacific prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, conservatives in Japan warn that the nation faces a “history war” in 2025 as regional rivals release films and ...

Growing up in prewar Japan, she played volleyball in high school before marrying the owner of a textile company, Kenji Itooka, with whom she had two daughters and two sons. During World War II ...