Copies of sketches and writings from the World War II diary of a Japanese engineer who was stationed in the Philippines at ...

Inspired by Messerschmitt's Me 262, the Nakajima Kikka (Orange Blossom) was a secret weapoin Japan hoped would turn the tide ...

In a war where many Japanese aircraft were fast but fragile, the Mitsubishi Ki-51 stood out as a rugged, dependable workhorse. Built to take damage and keep flying, it became one of the few planes ...

A former Imperial Japanese Navy fighter that was ditched at sea near the end of World War II finally emerged into the ...

The ship was essentially a floating concentration camp and was lost for decades until an organization found a document revealing its location.

A book launched July 6 in Harbin, China, presents decades of archival research on Unit 731, the Imperial Japanese Army covert ...

Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...

A Japanese soldier who hid in the Philippine jungle for three decades, refusing to believe World War II was over until his former commander returned and ordered him to surrender, has died in Tokyo ...

In 2011, Phan began researching Vietnamese women who had children with Japanese soldiers between 1940 and 1955. Although Japan was defeated and officially left Vietnam in 1945, some soldiers stayed ...

The first USS Juneau was a light cruiser that was struck and sunk by a Japanese torpedo in 1942, killing all but 10 of the ...