The U.S. may have fielded the largest aircraft carrier fleet in World War 2, but Japan was no slouch. Through conversions, it ...

Japan on Friday is marking the surrender announcement by then-Emperor Hirohito 80 years ago at the end of World War II.

Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates.

An organization devoted to returning artifacts as a way to heal the emotional wounds left by the war is helping the Evergreen ...

About two dozen people gathered at a burial ground in Japan for a service that coincided with Japan’s formal surrender aboard ...

Eighty years ago today on Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered to the Allied Powers, bringing an end to World War II.

In February 1942, part of the ceiling of a mine shaft collapsed, flooding the mine and killing the 183 workers inside.

The release of WWII-era military documents this year has given a boost to researchers digging into Japan's germ warfare program. Japan's government has never apologized for the atrocities.

A ceremony was held in southern Taiwan on Sunday to honor Taiwanese soldiers who died on battlefields serving for Japan d ...

A group of Shinto priests from Japan rushed to the Long Island Museum of American Armor to commemorate the 80th anniversary ...