Sept. 2 marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's formal World War II surrender. The capitulation was by design forceful and imposing, an absolutely made for Hollywood event — as in Hollywood documentary ...

On this Memorial Day, we turn to the life and legacy of Yukio Kawamoto. The Japanese-American World War II veteran served his country under almost unthinkable circumstances and then spent a lifetime ...

Michas Ohnstad and Archie Moczygemba were 19 and 18 years old, respectively, when they first stepped foot on Japanese soil. For both of them, it looked like the world was on fire. And it was. They ...

After eight long years of hard work on her directorial debut, everything is coming up Rachel Michiko Whitney. The journey of ...

TOKYO — As Japan's defeat marking the end of WWII nears its 80th anniversary, and some events fade from living memory, history is hardly consigned to books. It lives on in unhealed wounds, ...

The largest, most massive battleships to ever exist were the Japanese Yamato-class WWII-era warships which incorporated nine ultra-large 460mm 18.1-inch naval guns. The large weapons, designed for ...

A famed Japanese destroyer sunk by U.S. torpedoes during a pivotal battle in World War II has been discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean more than 80 years after it sank, an exploration team ...

On this Memorial Day, we turn to the life and legacy of Yukio Kawamoto. The Japanese-American World War II veteran served his country under almost unthinkable circumstances and then spent a lifetime ...