In the eighty years since of the atomic bombings of Japan dozens of opportunities to halt the macabre march of nuclear ...

According to the author, American Shogun is an attempt to weave the lives of two leaders, General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito of Japan, into a single narrative ‘told from both sides’.

IWO-TO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito on Monday visited Iwo Jima to pay tribute to those who died on the island where ...

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

Japan invaded large areas of Asia in the name of his grandfather, then Emperor Hirohito. Members of Japan’s Self Defence Force stand guard as an airplane carrying Japanese Emperor Naruhito and ...

Japan fought in the war and invaded large areas of Asia in the name of his grandfather, then-Emperor Hirohito. The island, whose official name today is Iwo-to, was the site where Japanese and ...