On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito gave a speech on the radio in which he announced the unconditional surrender of Japan to the Allied powers. Among many nationalistic Japanese, ...

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese empire capitulated after the United States threw atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was the last country of the Axis powers that continued its war, and ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is paying tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending World War II, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of the ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan — On the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, the names of more than 1,000 troops who died as prisoners of war were read aloud Tuesday during a memorial ceremony at ...

Rhode Island native John DeLeo, now 99, joined the Navy at age 17 to serve in World World II. DeLeo served on the USS Missouri, which supported the invasions of Okinawa and Iwo Jima. DeLeo witnessed ...

Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its surrender in World War II during an event in Tokyo on Friday. Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba paid respects to ...

TOKYO -- Japan paid tribute Friday to nearly 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World War II 80 years ago, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of the ...