Jim Shaffer registered for the draft a week after turning 18. He said goodbye to a younger sister, his mother, and his father, who owned a clothing store in Terre Haute, Ind. In July 1945, Jim shipped ...
A movie telling the story of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731 was released in China on Thursday, the 94th anniversary of the Mukden Incident near Shenyang that led to Japan's occupation ...
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Restoration of a city landmark here last year uncovered images of the post-World War II occupation by U.S. forces, reminders now preserved for the stories they tell. The word ...
pt. 1. Empire: occupied territories. Korea the colony and the poet Sowŏl / David R. McCann ; Writing the colonial self: Yang Kui's texts of resistance and national identity / Angelina C. Yee ; The ...
Though the nationalist government led China to victory in 1945, this is largely overlooked in modern Chinese commemorations ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - In a 4 1/2-minute radio speech on Aug. 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender in World War Two, telling his subjects he had resolved to pave the way for peace by ...
TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) - New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Tuesday he would stand by the decision of past governments to accept guilty verdicts on World War Two war criminals, a ...
Japanese vlogger Hayato Kato's 1.9 million followers are used to his funny clips about exploring China, where he has been living for several years. But on 26 July he surprised them with a sombre one. ...
A senior official in Japan's ruling party visited Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Monday, the 77th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two, a move likely to anger South ...
Just like America expressed its national anguish on-screen, so too did Japan, through one of its greatest filmmakers.
The A7M Reppu (Strong Gale) was conceived to succeed the legendary A6M Zero, but it never flew. Reports from Japan, quoting defense officials in deep background, have said the country's MoD (Ministry ...