On the 7th of December 1941, the Japanese launched their surprise military strike on the United States naval base at Pearl ...

The Hellcat’s forgiving flight characteristics and durability allowed less experienced pilots to survive early engagements and gain greater experience against the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero.

During the Second World War, the Japanese had quite a different war ethos than the Allied powers and even their own allies such as the Germans and Italians. During the later stages of the war, they ...

Beijing is trying to delegitimise Australia’s security partnership with Japan, once an enemy of both countries, via a new ...

Eighty years later, the scars of the last American firebombing of a Japanese city remain — on the skin of a man who still lives mere yards from where hundreds died, on the surface of a statue of a ...

A military parade in Beijing marking the end of World War II will draw leaders from around the world. It's an opportunity for ...

BENXI, China (AP) — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Today in History: September ...

The Japanese government is giving recognition to three Hawaii organizations for their work preserving the history of nisei veterans and promoting goodwill between the U.S. and Japan 80 years after the ...

The Chinese World War II film 731, also known as Evil Unbound, made its debut in New York on Thursday. It recounts the ...

Japan is facing its most severe security environment since World War II as three potential adversaries in East Asia – China, Russia and North Korea – ramp up military activities in the region, the ...