Every August, Japanese media outlets offer specials on World War II and accounts of survivors’ wartime experiences. These features center around Aug. 15, the date when Emperor Hirohito announced ...

This video showcases the amazing aspects of World War II’s Doolittle Raid. The aerial assault took place in 1942 as American ...

The Ki-27 was a single-seater, highly maneuverable, fixed-gear airplane, but it was no match for the Flying Tigers. When one ...

Based on Akiyuki Nosaka’s Naoki Prize-winning short story, Grave of the Fireflies is set in Kobe near the end of World War II ...

The greatest World War II movies ever capture one of the most devastating conflicts in history in historically accurate and ...

With rising political tensions, let's explore what might happen if Japan is attacked in war. How would the international community react? Japan has not engaged in war since World War II, maintaining a ...

For the first time after the end of World War II, Japan took the spotlight on the international stage as a mediator by hosting talks for a third country in 1990. Diplomatic documents released on Dec.

This year the world will mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when Japan formally surrendered to the Allies and ended the ...

Having fun while learning isn’t only for children’s summer camps. The Castle in Marietta held its annual All Ages History ...

Among them was a Japanese sword he’d found on an Okinawa beach in the final days of World War II. It was six months after I first asked Benny if he’d be interested in finding the sword’s owner.

To pay tribute to Dr Ee and other pioneers, writer Shawn Seah has penned a new series of books for children, Our Amazing Heroes. Mrs Elizabeth Choy and Captain Ho Weng Toh are the other two pioneers ...

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last two remaining members of the 355 original Tuskegee Airmen during World ...