Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni's commander, Col. Richard Rusnok, chats with Rear Adm. Ichiro Ishikawa, head of Japan's ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Emperor ... of the end of World War II, with their only daughter Princess Aiko set to accompany them on her first trip to the prefecture, the Imperial Household ...

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 ...

As defeat loomed, Japan turned to Nazi Germany for help—and requested one of their most feared weapons: the Tiger Tank. This is the bizarre story of the tank that never saw battle. IRS Deadline ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday paid their respects to the war dead on Ioto Island in the Pacific, the site of a fierce World War II battle between ...

TOKYO, Japan - Japan said it would not fund a UN women's rights committee and suspended a member's visit over calls for the nation to change its male-only imperial succession rules. Chief cabinet ...

The 20-foot wide crater was caused by a 500-pound WW2 bomb. After the effective destruction of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Air Force in battles from 1942 to 1945, the U.S. was given free rein ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy, which attacked America on December 7, 1941, dragging the country into WWII was arguably the strongest on the planet. It consisted of 10 battleships; 10 aircraft ...

History of Imperial Japan’s Mass Murder and Rape During World War II.” If the book’s title sounds hyperbolic, readers should gird themselves for horrors they’ve either ignored or never ...

In their khaki uniforms, puttees, and yellow-starred helmets or field caps, one momentarily couldn't help but think if this was the real thing. Some of them are even Japanese ... World War II ...

In the history of unique, utility-based Japanese tanks, the Type 2 Ka-Mi was preceded by another: the Type 95 Ha-Go light tank. What the Imperial ... theater of World War II, island hopping ...