Editor’s Note: Jeff Kingston is Director of Asian Studies, Temple University Japan and author of “Nationalism in Asia Since 1945” (Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming later in 2015) Japanese Crown Prince ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers a flower wreath for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing, during a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the bombing of the city at Nagasaki's Peace ...

Soldiers of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF)'s Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, Japan's first marine unit since World War Two, gather at a ceremony activating the brigade at JGSDF's Camp ...

South Korea held a memorial ceremony for Korean forced laborers at Japan's Sado gold mines on Monday, after the country boycotted a similar event organized by Japan the previous day. Tensions between ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Wednesday marked the 75th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day, and Cambria County honored residents who died while serving in the military during World War Two. On this day ...

A scene at a Tokyo courthouse last month showed why Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had to work all year on a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. As WSJ's Henry Hoenig ...