It’s a controversial move that some fear deviates from Tokyo’s pacifist ideals, but one others say is much needed in a ...

China says it is “gravely concerned” after Japan scrapped a long-standing ban on lethal weapons exports in response to what Tokyo called a worsening security environment. Japan is making “dangerous ...

Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...

A Japanese soldier who hid in the Philippine jungle for three decades, refusing to believe World War II was over until his former commander returned and ordered him to surrender, has died in Tokyo ...

During World War II, Japan’s fleet was large and qualitatively peerless, but unsupported by a broader defense-industrial base. The United States finds itself in the same position today. Talk about an ...

TOKYO—Japan is struggling to quell a mounting barrage of international criticism over the country's wartime acts. A United Nations human-rights panel last week urged Japanese officials to stop ...

Heads bowed, experts offered their respects on Monday ahead of an excavation aimed at recovering the remains of Japanese soldiers from World War II in so ...