A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday.

Despite the successes of the I-19 in the war, Japan was never able to connect these victories with a larger strategy for ...

According to the National WWII Museum, suicide plane attacks began at ... The missions became more intense as Japan's outlook ...

Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday paid their respects to the war dead on Ioto Island in the Pacific, the ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and ...

Guests visit a photo exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against ...

But any Japanese cooperation was not expected to involve combat, in line with what has been Tokyo's post-World War II tradition of limiting its military's role. Nakatani said Japan wants to ...

Vaughn Drake Jr. was a 23-year-old Army engineer working in Oahu when Japanese forces attacked ... at the start of the U.S. entry into World War II. 84 years ago, he was an Army engineer, working ...

U.S. Army Maj. James J. O’Donovan was captured, subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March and held in POW camps by Japan. He died a POW on Oct. 18, 1942, at age 34. He will be interred April 15 in ...