In the winter of 2022, archaeologists discovered several cellars filled with World War II artifacts beneath the streets of ...

Sword seized after WWII may return to Japan after 50 ... The elder Uchimi left home when his son was just 4 to work as a civilian supplier in support of the Japanese war effort during World War II.

Inside the foundry forging $15,000 artisanal samurai swords. It can take more than a year to make a single razor-sharp katana. In Japan, business is booming for the few remaining smiths who know ...

Simple History. Imperial Japanese Army Infantryman - The WWII Warrior. Posted: April 3, 2025 | Last updated: April 3, 2025. Trained in the shadow of samurai tradition, these soldiers were taught ...

A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it into battle during World War II.

Among them was a Japanese sword he’d found on an Okinawa beach in the final days of World War II. It was six months after I first asked Benny if he’d be interested in finding the sword’s owner.

Nov. 20—CARTHAGE, Mo. — A Carthage physician who was inducted into the Hall of Carthage Heroes as a Citizen of Distinction played a role in American and Japanese military history as World War ...

The dissolution of its lower legislative body, meanwhile, was the fastest in post-war World War II Japan. ... British man found guilty of 2024 samurai sword killing of 14-year-old boy.

Restoration work on a metal artifact found in Berlin, Germany, has revealed it to be an "ornately decorated" Japanese sword that possibly dates to the 17th century.