The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...

Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago ...

The number of students enrolled in Japanese schools in China declined over 10 percent in the academic year starting April fro ...

The now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army began building the railroad in 1942 as a supply route to the Burmese front. Experts say the army mobilized over 200,000 people, ...

The Battle of Okinawa, which began in late March 1945 and lasted approximately three months, claimed the lives of more than 200,000 U.S. and Imperial Japanese Army troops and civilians, including ...

NAHA -- In April 1945, U.S. troops landed in the central part of Okinawa's main island and continued their advance southward, approaching Shuri (present-day Naha), the headquarters of the Imperial ...

The Japanese Imperial Army mobilized civilians in ground battles with the result that one in four residents perished. In a survey of prefectural residents by The Asahi Shimbun in 1971, ...

T here are countless good war movies, but when you're considering the genre's best, don't forget about these war TV shows. It ...

Japanese group holds exhibition on wartime chemical weapons, urging Japan to confront its WWII history and reflect on past crimes.Beijing, China, June 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A Japanese civil ...

Japanese group holds exhibition on wartime chemical weapons, urging Japan to confront its WWII history and reflect on past crimes. Beijing, China, June 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A Japanese civil ...

The Reckoning" offers a vital, nuanced perspective on World War II's final year, particularly focusing on India, Burma, and ...