Japan’s defeat in August 1945 opened a dangerous power vacuum in the Dutch East Indies. Indonesian nationalists seized the ...

Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito’s announcement of Japan’s World War II surrender, but as living ...

Japan’s ministers bow during a memorial service marking the 80th anniversary of Japan’s World War II defeat at the Nippon Budokan hall Friday in Tokyo. Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, bottom, ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X For almost two years during World War II, Harley J. Wenninger manned a big gun on one of the most combat-hardened ...

A Japanese soldier refused to believe WWII was over and hid in the jungle for nearly three decades. Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda ...

TOKYO — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about how the ...