China may be preparing a surprise attack against Japan, involving a massive missile barrage against all major U.S. and ...

In August 1945, North Field launched the two bombers that carried out the first and only wartime use of nuclear weapons in ...

The US Air Force is restoring North Field, the World War II airbase on Tinian Island that launched atomic bombings on Japan.

In December 1941, Imperial Japan opened the Pacific theater of World War Two with two acts of stunning ... Japan launched these attacks has been one of the enduring mysteries of the country's ...

A recent study by a Japanese scholar has shed new light on exposing the horrific crimes of human experiments committed by ...

Unfortunately, Okinawa’s problem runs far deeper than the location of just one base.

Two Russian maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft were intercepted by Japanese fighter jets.

Japan's new prime minister will be formally elected by parliament on October 1 following next week's leadership contest, a ...

Beyond the bustling streets of Japan's inner-city metropolis' lies a variety of dramatic, ever-changing landscapes. From ...

World War II ended 75 years ago ... a surrender message to his people on the radio. The broadcast came one day after Japan told the United States and its allies that it was surrendering, and ...

The war involved the world’s major powers ... On 8 December, Roosevelt spoke to Congress and declared war on Japan and Germany. This was one of the turning points in the war, resulting in ...

Bass examines the post-World War II prosecution of Japanese military ... and ironies of war crimes trials by looking at one example from postwar Japan. By Gary J. Bass An American teacher taught ...