Eight decades since the end of the Second World War, the US-Japan alliance continues to evolve beyond its Cold War ...

On September 2, 1945, the second world war ended when Japan officially surrendered. Today, on the 80th anniversary, the ...

The Japanese government is giving recognition to three Hawaii organizations for their work preserving the history of nisei ...

On April 12, 1945, wheelchair-bound, four-term president, Franklin Roosevelt, who had guided the country through the Great Depression and WWII, unexpectedly died at the “Little White House” in Warm ...

The true commemoration of V-J Day lies in our actions: recording veterans’ testimonies before they are lost; teaching the next generation the human cost of war; strengthening alliances that ...

Richard Cockett, a news editor, recommends seven books about the defeat of Japan in the second world war ...

History in East Asia is never just history. It is weaponized, re-scripted, and deeply entangled in present-day struggles for legitimacy, identity, and power.

Australia this week announced a $6.5 billion deal to buy advanced warships from Japan, a move that can go a long way to making Canberra a Pacific maritime power and Tokyo a major weapons exporter, ...