The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of a Medal of Honor recipient more than 80 years after he ...

Sergeant David Akui walked along Waimanalo Beach on the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, and spotted what he thought was a sea turtle ...

Along with the Type 99, the Japanese Type 38 "Arisaka" was one of the main bolt-action battle rifles used by Japanese imperial forces during World War II.

World War II narratives, up for grabs. In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the ...

World War II US Army Capt. Willibald Bianchi survived two chest wounds from Japanese gunfire, the Bataan Death March, wretched captivity in prisoner-of-war camps and the sinking of his first POW ...

TOKYO — A former Japanese army pilot who helped train the infamous kamikaze — flyers who deliberately crashed into their targets — is still telling his story 80 years after the end of World War II, in ...

Japan is quickly transforming its southernmost Ryukyu islands into a heavily fortified defense zone, sparking concern and ...

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Funded by the Hong Kong SAR Government’s Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme, the University of Hong Kong’s ...

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headlamp and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the skulls, he says, ...

TOKYO, March 28 (Reuters) - The Japanese military was involved in mass suicides in Okinawa during World War Two, a court ruled on Friday, dismissing a case for damages against Nobel Prize-winning ...