Japan on Friday is marking the surrender announcement by then-Emperor Hirohito 80 years ago at the end of World War II.

Less than a week later, Japan announced its surrender on Aug. 14, 1945. Japan formally surrendered in writing on Sept. 2, 1945, officially ending World War II.

Historian Richard Overy explains how the US firebombing of Japanese cities in 1945 killed more civilians than Hiroshima and ...

BBC's Tokyo correspondent Shaimaa Khalil explains why in Japan the 15 August is a mourning occasion known as the "Memorial ...

Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates.

That would mean Japan’s surrender was official and they could turn back to Guam. It never came, and late on the night of August 14, 1945, the last fire raid of World War II began. Kazue Hojo was 7 ...

The horrific human atrocity of World War II ended aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay as Japan formally signed documents of surrender on this day in history, Sept. 2, 1945.

August 6, 1945 marked the beginning of the end of World War II when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima *** short time ago, an American airplane dropped one ...

August 6, 1945 marked the beginning of the end of World War II when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima *** short time ago, an American airplane dropped one ...