TOKYO — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about how the ...

Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...

Eighty years ago, a Dawson, Minnesota, man was aboard the USS Missouri when Japan surrendered and signed a peace treaty, essentially marking the end of World War II. "I tell you, I joined the Navy ...

August 15th marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's unconditional surrender and the end of World War II, putting focus once again on reckoning with the country's past. The domestic debate in Japan on ...

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Eighty years ago today on Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered to the Allied Powers, bringing an end to World War II. The signing ceremony was held on the deck of USS ...

Seven Japanese-American soldiers deemed “enemy aliens” in World War II were posthumously commissioned eight decades after ...

World War II veterans Lester Schrenik, left, and Joe Etheredge, both standing, acknowledged the crowd attending a ceremony on the pier next to the USS Missouri on Tuesday to mark the 80th anniversary ...

BENXI, China (AP) — 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. UK’s Starmer slams Trump ...

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 ...

Arguments about history are proliferating as the postwar order led by the United States crumbles. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. In September, China held a military parade to ...

Soon after the invention and mass adoption of airplanes, governments started used them for war. Suddenly, soldiers had to watch out for flying machines spraying hot lead and dropping bombs. However, ...