Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family have prayed for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II ...

N.Y., after the war and died two decades ago, he told Stars and Stripes during an Aug. 8 video call from New York. As a youngster, he was fascinated by the banner and a Japanese sword at his ...

Human remains discovered on Okinawa in 2004 have been identified as those of a Japanese soldier, marking the first time DNA ...

Stay informed on what is happening in Clark County, WA and beyond for only After the war, Okinawa remained under U.S. occupation until 1972, 20 years longer than most of Japan, and it remains host ...

Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalized again overnight Monday. “It is deplorable that an act seeking to ...

At home, his relatives are pictured as accepting with happy little Japanese smiles the news of his death at the front. That war morale among the Children of the Rising Sun may not be quite that ...