Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito is visiting Iwo Jima to pay tribute to those who died on the island where one of World War II's ...

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 ...

Trained in the shadow of samurai tradition, these soldiers were taught to fight with unshakable loyalty, brutal discipline, and a bayonet they saw as their modern sword.

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

The Missouri's captain ordered a military burial at sea with full ... even in the midst of one of the worst battles of World War II.” Japan launched a suicide attack campaign as a last-ditch ...