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. Senate Votes To Block ...

I was researching for facts and dates to write about the 82-day brutal battle to capture Okinawa from the Imperial Japanese Army. In 1945 Easter Sunday was April 1, no joke. It was also D-Day for the ...

U.S. Army Maj. James J. O'Donovan of Cohoes, New York, was interred Tuesday at the national cemetery, 83 years after his ...

Decisive sea battle might not even be necessary! Guaranteeing the Imperial Japanese Army unfettered access to battlefields in Korea, north China, and Manchuria—and, as a corollary, keeping the ...

Question: I've heard that the national government is investigating former Imperial Japanese military personnel ... analyzing medical records from former army and navy hospitals since fiscal ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has visited Iwo Jima to pay tribute to Japanese and Americans who died on the island in one of World ...

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 ...

Shortly after 3:20 p.m., they arrived at the cenotaph dedicated to the war dead, honoring Imperial Japanese Army officers and soldiers. Both bowed, offered bouquets of white flowers and again ...

as well as the then Imperial Japanese Army. The city of Hiroshima, along with the two broadcasters and newspapers Chugoku Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun, had sought the recommendation ...

April 7 (UPI) --Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived at Iwo Jima Monday as they begin a tour of memorial visits this month to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – American and Japanese youths fostered friendship through their shared love of basketball over two weekends of friendly, competitive play March 8 and 15 at the Youth Center and ...