Henry Hector Boubel, a Laredo native and WWII veteran, witnessed Japan's surrender, survived pivotal battles, and left a ...

This video explores how Japan transformed from an isolated feudal society into one of the most brutal empires of the 20th ...

Iowa soldier Lloyd Bruntmyer survived Bataan Death March but died as POW. DNA identified him after family's 30-year search.

As the number of surviving Japanese American World War II internees declines, oral historian Diana Tsuchida is intensifying ...

Many narratives about World War II have emerged during the 80 postwar years, but one important question has not been ...

Japan's former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, best known for making a statement apologising over World War II, died Friday aged 101, officials said. Murayama issued the 1995 proclamation on the ...

An American bomb dropped on Japan during World War II recently exploded after lying dormant for roughly 80 years. The 500-pound bomb detonated on Wednesday at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan.

Russia said on Thursday that any dialogue with Japan regarding a peace treaty to formally end World War II could only begin ...

TOKYO — An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no ...

A fascinating blend of cultural and historical influences, the Japanese archipelago feels a world apart from Tokyo, Kyoto and ...