From Akira to Spirited Away, these are the single most influential anime movies in the West, impacting movies, shows, and ...

Alastair Gale was Asia security correspondent and Japan editor for The Wall Street Journal, based in Tokyo. He covered ...

The USS Yorktown retrieved two Enterprise aircraft that were damaged in an attack on the Japanese navy carrier Kaga, ...

Operation Ten Go, the final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to affect the outcome of the Pacific War, is well known for ...

Sometimes being a fan of the Space Battleship Yamato / Star Blazers remake series is suffering. On the one hand, it's a ...

The film opened in Japan on March 7. It sold 571,000 tickets for 702,817,200 yen (about US$4.78 million) in its first three ...

Japan has been developing electromagnetic (EM) railgun technology since at least 2015, and current plans call for its future ...

the kimono purveyor and the sukajan manufacturer’s hybrid garment represents the resilient creative spirit of Japan and its strong roots in ancient heritage. Born in 1917, Yamato began producing ...

A release date is in place for the fourth part of the theatrical remake anime Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 3199.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter ... The suicide attack instantly killed the pilot, but none of the battleship's crew members were badly hurt.

Leaders of the Imperial Japanese Navy ordered the Yamato to be “the pioneer of suicidal attacks by all 100 million Japanese.” The battleship aimed to storm into U.S. fleets without sufficient ...