This video explores how Japan transformed from an isolated feudal society into one of the most brutal empires of the 20th ...

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese empire capitulated after the United States threw atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...

BENXI, China — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Japan remembers the victims in a ...

Visitors dressed up line up to offer prayers at the Yasukuni Shrine on the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte) TOKYO (AFP ...

He offered a “heartfelt apology” to the victims of Japan’s “colonial rule and aggression” in Asia. Ahead of the 70th ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba bows to the crowd after giving a speech during the 80th anniversary ceremony of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on ...

TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated hierarchy, has been elected the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64 ...

He said that Japan caused tremendous damage and suffering to the people of many countries. Read more at straitstimes.com.

China has lodged a protest with Japan after Tokyo reportedly asked foreign leaders not to attend next month's parade in Beijing to mark the end of World War II. Citing anonymous diplomatic sources, ...

Japan said Wednesday it has lodged protests with Russia over its warnings of a live-fire drill and temporary restrictions on ...