The battleship was sunk by US aircraft near Okinawa at the end of WWII as Japan tried to thwart further attacks on its ...

Japan's wartime emperor Hirohito wanted to express his regret and remorse shortly after World War II but the prime minister at the time stopped him, local media reported Tuesday, citing newly ...

World War II was hours from ending when the sky over Japan's Kumagaya turned orange. In one corner of the city, a woman gave birth.

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has started a weeklong visit to Mongolia that will honor Japanese World War II prisoners ...

TOKYO -- Emperor Akihito expressed rare "deep remorse" over his country's wartime actions in an address Saturday marking the 70th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender, a day after the ...