Reduced access to California’s best preserved WWII Japanese detention camp, a crisis in 'Chinese Beverly Hills' and more big stories ...

After Tarawa showed the terrible cost of attacking fortified islands head-on, American commanders increasingly turned to bypassing and neutralizing Japanese strongholds. Rabaul and Truk proved that ...

It's a reflection of just how fresh the political debate about Japan's role in World War II remains here, even 80 years after its end. TOKYO (AP) — Senior U.S. and Japanese officials tend to shy away ...

During World War II, Japan’s fleet was large and qualitatively peerless, but unsupported by a broader defense-industrial base. The United States finds itself in the same position today. Talk about an ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is paying tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending the World War II, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of the ...

BENXI, China (AP) — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Japan remembers the victims ...

Japan's eight decades of pacifism looks to be dismantling since Sanae Takaichi became Prime Minister in October 2025 Japan has relaxed decades-old restrictions on its arms exports, clearing the way ...

An immersive theatrical production highlighting the stories of Japanese American soldiers during World War II is coming to ...

The change, which allows Japanese companies to sell arms to 17 countries, is a major shift from the nation's pacifist stance and comes at a time of heightened security concerns in the region.