There are no rows of white crosses along the Satsuma Peninsula or victory memorials dotting Kagoshima Bay. No markers at beaches on Kyushu bearing names of American car brands — Buick, Cadillac, Stutz ...

September 2 marks 80 years since World War II ended with Japan officially signing off the surrender papers. Even though the war ended in 1945 but the conflict remains etched into the land and sea.

World War II, true to its name, was fought across many fronts, with battles raging around the world over land, sea, and air. In the Pacific theater, especially, the Japanese and Allied military fought ...

With this year marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, there were many events, media features and other efforts in Japan revisiting t･･･ ...

Japan’s military disposed of nearly 13 tons of unexploded ordnance on Okinawa between April 2024 and March — a little more than half the amount handled the previous fiscal year, according to ...

See rare WWII bomb crew artifacts and atomic veterans stories at The Highground exhibit, open daily until March 1.

HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in Hong Kong overnight so experts could defuse a large U.S.-made bomb left over from World War II that was discovered at a ...