The third shell was found Feb. 8 and removed March 25 from a site near an elementary school in the Ozato district of Nanjo ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito on Monday visited Iwo Jima to pay tribute to those who died on the island where one of World War II’s harshest battles was fought 80 years ago. The visit by Naruhito ...

The dispute over the Russian-controlled Kuril Islands dates back to World War II. The Japanese foreign ministry reiterated ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the ...

Despite the successes of the I-19 in the war, Japan was never able to connect these victories with a larger strategy for ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The Japanese island ...

The path to independence in this autonomous region, a collection of islands and ... a U.S. airfield during World War II. Indeed, it is impossible to abstract Bougainville from the broader ...

The Soviet Union annexed the Southern Kuril Islands at the end of World War II. In 1956, the USSR signed a peace declaration with Japan, promising to return the islands of Shikotan and Habomai once a ...