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SAN FRANCISCO ACCEPTS 'COMFORT WOMEN' STATUE
In January, Japan temporarily withdrew its ambassador to South Korea over a new statue outside the Japanese consulate in South Korea's port city Busan... READ MORE›
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HUMANITARIAN CRISIS EVOKES EUROPES DARKEST HOUR
In Europe, we benefited from humanitarian assistance and the acceptance of refugees after the disaster that was World War II, Mr. Roth said... READ MORE›
'COMFORT WOMEN' MEMORIAL UNVEILED IN SAN FRANCISCO[1]
A comfort women monument is seen at St. Mary Square in San Francisco, the United States, on Sept 22, 2017... READ MORE›
JAPANS LOWER HOUSE PASSES BILLS TO GIVE MILITARY FREER HAND TO FIGHT
It complements guidelines in a bilateral agreement governing how Japanese and United States forces work together, which was signed by the two nations this year... READ MORE›
QUEEN TO LEAD 70TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIONS
In Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe marked the date by expressing profound grief at his country's actions in WW2... READ MORE›
ABE ECHOES JAPANS PAST WAR APOLOGIES BUT ADDS NONE
But in a potentially contentious break with previous expressions of contrition by Japanese leaders Mr. Abe did not offer a new personal apology of his own... READ MORE›
JAPANS CABINET ROCKED BY NEW CLAIMS OF LINKS TO NEO-NAZIS WHO TARGET THE ETHNIC KOREAN POPULATION
Please read our Japan's government is weathering accusations of links to far-right groups that promote racism and hate speech... READ MORE›
EUROPE'S CURRENT ANTI-MIGRANT RHETORIC CARRIES ECHOES OF 1930S ANTI-SEMITISM
Even during World War II, let alone before it started, antisemitism was rife in American political and public life... READ MORE›
JAPANS PARLIAMENT APPROVES OVERSEAS COMBAT ROLE FOR MILITARY
The debate often doubled as a forum for airing views about Japan's most important ally the United States... READ MORE›
JAPAN MARKS 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIROSHIMA ATOMIC BOMBING
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that as the sole country to face nuclear attack, Japan has the duty to push for nuclear weapons elimination... READ MORE›
70 YEARS LATER HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED AMERICA
Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country... READ MORE›
AS ECONOMY FALTERS MILITARY PARADE OFFERS CHANCE TO BURNISH CHINAS IMAGE
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U.S., JAPANESE NAVAL FORCES STAGE SHOW OF STRENGTH
The USS Ronald Reagan and the Japanese warship JS Izumo took part in the fleet review... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S NATIONALISTS ATTACK ANGELINA JOLIE WAR FILM
"Both the San Francisco Peace Treaty, which is predicated on acceptance of the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, and the honour of American veterans need to be defended."... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S EMPEROR STRIKES MORE APOLOGETIC TONE THAN ABE OVER SECOND WORLD WAR
Beijing says Japan has yet to confront atrocities it committed after invading parts of China in the 1930s... READ MORE›
THE NINE MOST WARMONGERING COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD REVEALED
Overall, Japan is ranked as the eighth-most peaceful country in the world, second only to New Zealand in the Asia-Pacific region... READ MORE›
'WE CAN DO IT!' HUNDREDS DRESS UP AS WWII ICON ROSIE THE RIVETER
They'd just tentatively broken the Guinness World Record for most Rosies in one place since WWII... READ MORE›
EMPEROR OFFERS REMORSE FOR JAPANS WAR ROLE
Emperor Akihito, whose father announced his exhausted country's surrender in World War II, expressed "deep remorse" ..... READ MORE›
CHINA AND JAPAN SMOOTH ISLANDS ROW
Related Stories China and Japan have agreed to try to reduce tensions over a disputed chain of islands in the East China Sea... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT IS OPEN TO TALKS WITH ABE
Ties between South Korea and Japan, its former colonizer, have been strained for years, largely over issues rooted in their painful history... READ MORE›
WWII TANK WAS STASHED IN 78-YEAR-OLD'S CELLAR
Prosecutors meanwhile are investigating whether possession of the tank torpedo anti-aircraft gun and other weapons violates Germany's War Weapons Control Act... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S 105-YEAR-OLD GOLDEN BOLT BEATS HIS OWN WORLD SPRINT RECORD
Hidekichi Miyazaki, probably the fastest of Japans 60,000-plus centenarians, says he can keep going for another few years after taking up running aged 90... READ MORE›
V-J DAY: RARE COLOUR ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS PEOPLE CELEBRATING END OF WORLD WAR II
Video V-J Day rare colour archive footage shows people celebrating end of World War II... READ MORE›
NAGASAKI MARKS 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF ATOMIC BOMBING
Video Nagasaki marks 70th anniversary of atomic bombing... READ MORE›
AMERICAN POWS USED FOR LIVE EXPERIMENTS IN JAPAN, ACCORDING TO NEW MUSEUM
But one small section provides details of a darker chapter in the university's history, according to Kyodo News... READ MORE›
JAPANESE PM SHINZO ABE STOPS SHORT OF NEW APOLOGY IN WAR ANNIVERSARY SPEECH
Even so, we Japanese, across generations, must squarely face history... READ MORE›
'IRISH' TOURIST TAKES ON ANGRY MOB OF TURKISH SHOPKEEPERS
An action-packed video of a man described as an 'Irish tourist' street-fighting a mob of angry shopkeepers has surfaced in Turkey... READ MORE›
CHINA ENLISTS SQUAD OF TRAINED MONKEYS TO CLEAR SKIES DURING MEMORIAL PARADE
According to Wang Minghzi of China's air force Peoples Liberation Army monkeys have mastered the skills necessary to destroy birds nests... READ MORE›
JAPAN SET TO PASS SECURITY BILLS DESPITE WIDESPREAD PROTESTS
Japan is facing a turning point of its security policy, said Tomoaki Iwai, professor of politics at Nihon University in Tokyo... READ MORE›
PICTURES OF WORLD WAR II IMPERIAL SHELTER RELEASED TO PUBLIC FOR FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS
The Imperial Household Agency on Saturday released the first images in half a century of an air-raid shelter where Emperor Hirohito and his ministers made... READ MORE›
THE REAL WORLD SMALL ARMS THAT INSPIRED THE WEAPONS OF 'STAR WARS'
Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side Han Solo aboard the Millennium Falcon enroute to Alderaan... READ MORE›