Japan, allies to Germany ... Emperor Hirohito surrenders and the most destructive war in history comes to an end. WW2: How was D-Day, the biggest ever seaborne invasion, launched?

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

At the end of World War II, Japan faced a reckoning. The country’s surrender in 1945 forced its political leaders to confront the consequences of the nation’s imperialist history–and find a ...

Smithsonian writer Rachel Ng, who reported on the endeavor. A transcript is below. To subscribe to “There’s More to That,” ...

One of the strangest VE Day facts is that the former Princess Elizabeth was partying with everyone else in London. She wore ...

On the flat top of a steep hill in a distant corner of northern Japan lies the tomb of an itinerant ... a professor of religious history at the Princeton Theological Seminary.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Japan to reflect on history to continue the path of peaceful development, and adhere to the one-China principle in dealing with its relations with China. Wang made ...

Residential property prices in Japan, especially in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, are increasing amidst improving demand and weakening construction activity. In January 2025, the residential property ...

TOKYO – The top diplomats from Japan, China and South Korea met in ... I believe we may truly be at a turning point in history,” Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said at the start ...