Japanese soldiers entered the Pacific War believing American troops would collapse under pressure. Instead, they faced U.S.

Japanese commanders entered Guadalcanal confident the U.S. Marines would break—but World War II had other plans. Follow ...

A fundamental change came in December 2022 when former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government adopted a security strategy ...

A fundamental change came in December 2022 when former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government adopted a security strategy ...

Karin Tanabe is a producer of the 2025 PBS documentary Atomic Echoes: Untold Stories from World War II. A Japanese American ...

Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the ...

On Sept. 2, 1945, the official end of World War II came to pass with Japan’s signing of the Instrument of Surrender aboard ...

Family members of Koreans forcibly conscripted by Japan during World War II have filed a lawsuit seeking the removal of the ...

The Topaz internment camp, used during World War II to incarcerate thousands of Japanese Americans, is a relatively well-known piece of Utah’s history. Fewer Utahns know the story of Keetley Farm, ...

Karen Kikukawa grew up not knowing much about her father’s service during World War II. He was an American-born Japanese — a Nisei — who served in the U.S. Army. But unlike the veterans of the famous ...

The United States is expanding "air corridors" that will deliver combat power to China's doorstep in a future conflict.