As the Asia-Pacific region prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Japanese conservatives are warning of a “history war” in 2025. They argue that films and television ...

In May 1945, British forces crossed the Irrawaddy River in Burma and engaged a Japanese force ... Encapsulates the Style and Technology of World War II-era America Chris Evans Returning to ...

The magnetic survey at Naha Airport is part of a wider search of airports across Japan in response to a 500-pound, WWII-era device that exploded Oct. 2 at Miyazaki Airport. Magnetic surveys began ...

Japanese exports of sweet potatoes have been brisk thanks largely to technology to prevent spoilage and efforts to tailor the spuds to an increasing number of targeted areas around the world ...

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 ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world's oldest ... managed the office of her husband's textile factory during World War II. She lived alone in Nara after her husband died in 1979.She ...

The significance of Alexander’s research is that while some people know about Soichiro Honda’s beginnings – making piston rings for the Japanese air force in WW2 – and Kawasaki Aircraft Industries’ ...

In December 1941 Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, causing the U.S. to enter World War II. Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in ...