Henderson is the author of Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II (Knopf). The morning sky was dull gray with low-hanging clouds over ...

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Japan and China Commemorate World War II Anniversary on Different Dates BENXI, China (AP) — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, ...

The country’s postwar history was a remarkable story of national rebirth. Now the assumptions that underpinned the last 80 years of policy are being stressed to the limit. Japanese Prime Minister ...

Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its WWII surrender with PM Shigeru Ishiba expressing "remorse" for the first time since 2013. About 4,500 officials and families observed a moment of silence.

According to Japanese media reports, under pressure from conservative forces within the party, Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering not announcing his view in a form of written ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - In a 4 1/2-minute radio speech on Aug. 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender in World War Two, telling his subjects he had resolved to pave the way for peace by ...