The Pacific Theater of World War II was one of the most ferocious naval campaigns in history during which capital ships ...

Japan's Nakajima Kikka was designed to carry either a single bomb or a 30mm cannon. Only one test flight was conducted before ...

After World War II, Japan focused strictly on defense and needed fighter jets precisely for that. Its first fighter jet ...

Like many Japanese combat aircraft of World War II, the first Ki-43s lacked protective armor for the pilot and self-sealing fuel tanks.

The airport was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, and targeted by U.S. aircraft during the conflict.

Russia and Japan have a territorial dispute over Russian-held islands near Hokkaido that were seized from Japan in the final days of World War II. Russian aircraft occasionally enter Japanese ...

America’s last surviving World War II ace pilot died Aug. 14 at his Nebraska home, the Beatrice Daily Sun reported.

For the thousands of British servicemen captured during the fall of Singapore and Malaya in 1942, VJ Day marked liberation ...

Reports from Japan, quoting defense officials in deep background, have said the country’s MoD (Ministry of Defense) is considering designating its sixth-generation fighter being developed under ...

NEW: WW2 bomb explodes at a Japanese airport after being buried for 80 years. The explosion caused a massive crater and led to 80 canceled flights at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan.