World War II ended 75 years ago, but not all countries commemorate it on the same day. Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States ...

World War II ships that sank near the Ogasawara Islands ... although other reports claimed the units were Japanese ships sunk by the Americans. Japan is made up of 6,852 islands and both volcanic ...

These lesson plans are based on History Detectives episodes that examine how several objects played a key role in World War II, particularly the role of Japan and the Japanese in the war.

Eighty years after Japan’s surrender in World War II, the ghosts of history are once again haunting Tokyo. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, already under fire for his growing overtures to Beijing ...

Japan’s neighbors view Yasukuni, which commemorates 2.5 ... especially in the final years of World War II. Korean compensation demands for Japan's atrocities during its brutal colonial rule ...

Japan has ordered a thorough search for munitions ... since being dropped from a US aircraft in the closing stages of World War II, detonated beneath a taxiway at Miyazaki airport in Kyushu.