Three miles down, cameras glimpsed the shattered interior of the USS Yorktown, sunk in the Pacific Ocean in the 1942 Battle ...

Once a symbol of rebellion and girlhood, the cartoon cat has become a cultural ambassador—part of Japan’s global soft power strategy to rebrand its image after World War II. To much of the ...

During World War II, Japan launched an eerie and little-known campaign—balloon bombs sent across the Pacific to strike American soil. These silent weapons caused real damage and tragedy ...

When Osaka first hosted the World Expo in 1970, a quarter-century after World War II, Japan’s economy was newly affluent and expanding so rapidly it was hailed as an economic miracle.

IWO JIMA, Japan — Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Japanese ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, left, and Empress Masako, center, are escorted by a member of Japan Self Defense Force as they arrive at the island of Iwo Jima, now officially called Iwo To in Japan ...

Shimojima recounted how during World War II, the U.S. forcibly relocated and incarcerated about 120,000 people of Japanese descent — about two-thirds were U.S. citizens — in 10 concentration ...

It happened in the Philippines (then an American colony) during the early days of World War II, when the Japanese invaded the islands after attacking Pearl Harbor. Wainwright became the top United ...

(Photo courtesy Kat Burk) Nearly 45,000 Japanese women immigrated to America as wives of U.S. military service members following World War II. Japanese war brides who made their lives in ...

DIBOLL — In honor of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, The History Center is currently displaying an exhibit called “Angelina County at War.” It was first put together to commemorate ...

Hirano had been matter-of-fact in describing how the postwar building code of Japan actively discouraged traditional materials. “Easy to burn,” he said wryly. In the period after World War II ...

1941—only months before Japan officially entered WWII. Japan’s B1-type submarines were among the largest and most advanced of their time, reflecting Japan’s focus on offensive naval operations.