Defence Minister Koizumi’s visit to Yasukuni Shrine comes on the 81st anniversary of Japan’s surrender in WWII.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan paid tribute Friday to more than 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 tragedy of war and the bitter lessons from the era ...

China urges Tokyo to do ‘serious soul-searching’ after defence minister visits shrine seen as symbol of Japanese militarism

During the 1944 Cowra breakout, over 900 prisoners attempted to escape from an Allied camp in Australia. The uprising resulted in the deaths of 234 Japanese men and 5 Australians

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan has been a public critic of Mr. Putin, who has denounced her country’s sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine war.

Empires have risen and fallen in their pursuit of precious resources such as oil, gold, tea or spices. But in the first half of the 20th century, an increasingly assertive Imperial Japan relied on a fishier form of wealth to build its military and industrial base: the sardine.

TOKYO - A quarter of 62 museums and facilities in Japan storing materials related to the two world wars said they need to consider disposing of some items owing to deterioration or a lack of space, a Kyodo News survey showed on Aug 13. The survey also ...

TOKYO - Around 300 documents belonging to Hideki Tojo, Japan's wartime prime minister who was executed in 1948 as a war criminal for crimes against peace, have been donated by family members to a Tokyo library and made available to the public, Kyodo News ...