Bob Buys was asked to provide a DNA sample to identify the remains of a soldier who died in a Japanese prison camp during WWII. He said yes.

On this Memorial Day, we turn to the life and legacy of Yukio Kawamoto. The Japanese-American World War II veteran served his country under almost unthinkable circumstances and then spent a lifetime ...

Bob Buys was asked to provide a DNA sample to help identify a U.S. soldier who died in a Japanese prison camp during WWII.

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New ...

Dive into the fascinating history of Japan’s secret WWII project: the I-400 class underwater aircraft carriers. Designed to strike fear into the heart of the United States with surprise attacks, these ...

The Kikka itself was a sleek, compact aircraft with a design that reflected both German influence as well as Japanese ...

as “Reppu” (Strong Wind/Gale), after a World War II Imperial Japanese Navy fighter. A Kyodo exclusive story, relying on “interviews with multiple government officials,” said the ...

The tank is now housed at the NPO Defense Technology Museum in Japan, where it will undergo ... of the Pacific and Asiatic Theaters in World War II.

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 ...

Mina Watanabe has made it her life’s work to tell the stories of the women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese military before and during World War II. By Vivian Morelli Reporting from ...

This story has been corrected. NUMAZU BEACH, Japan — A trial by the Marine Corps of an experimental landing ship ended recently with the vessel failing to offload equipment at this coastal ...

Japan began invading China well before World War II. In 1931 they took over Manchuria and set it up as a separate country called Manchukuo that was under Japanese control. In 1937 the second Sino ...