Japan’s Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui on Wednesday encouraged President Trump to visit the city to understand the impact of ...

Japan’s reluctance to accept political responsibility for the crimes committed by its leaders and many of its soldiers during World War II is probably a factor in its standing in contemporary ...

An American soldier who was killed during World War II has been accounted for nearly 80 years after his death. Last week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that it had identified the ...

Bomb disposal personnel from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force determined that the explosion was caused by an American 500-pound bomb that was likely dropped during a World War II air raid.

Mr. and Mrs. Alan B. Cutting were held prisoners of war by Japan during World War II. Picture published Wilkes-Barre Record Feb. 13, 1945. Declassified in 1991, the Cuttings are among 3,000 ...

In March, Mr. Yoon removed a roadblock in relations with Japan when he announced that South Korea would no longer demand Japanese compensation for victims of forced labor during World War II, but ...

Helena Pagano's great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia ...

Tokyo — Japan's new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said Tuesday that his nation faces its "most severe" regional security situation in the post-WWII era, without naming any specific threats.

Japanese American leaders slammed former President Donald Trump after he compared Jan. 6 rioters to those of Japanese descent who were incarcerated during World War II just because of their race.

FILE - A U.S. squad armed with guns and hand grenades closes in on Japanese holdouts entrenched in dugouts during World War II on Attu Island, Alaska, in June 1943.

FILE - A U.S. squad armed with guns and hand grenades closes in on Japanese holdouts entrenched in dugouts during World War II on Attu Island, Alaska, in June 1943. (U.S. Army via AP, File) ANCHORAGE, ...

Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese reparations for 1942 invasion. ... He died starving as a prisoner of war after Japanese troops invaded during World War II, ...