Japan's Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II's bloodiest battles. Japan's Emperor Naruhito visited ...

Nearly all of the more than 21,000 Japanese and nearly 7,000 U.S. troops were killed in one of the war's bloodiest battles. Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visit Iwo Jima Requiem Hill ...

In all, 1,280 remains of Japanese war-dead, including six on Okinawa, have been identified by DNA tests since 2003, the health ministry said. The remains of around 14,000 people are stored in the ...

The Manzanar Cemetery monument reads “Soul Consoling Tower” in Japanese, paying tribute to the 150 people who died in the World War II internment camp. Photo by: Haajrah Gilani ...

Japanese War Brides, a traveling Smithsonian exhibition, explores the lives of the nearly 45,000 Japanese women who immigrated to America as wives of U.S. military servicemembers after World War II.

A Sept. 22, 1943, aerial view of the Ellwood oil field showing the oil piers bombarded by the Japanese submarine I-17 on Feb. 23, 1942, and the route of the submarine (S). The location of the ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, left, and Empress Masako, center, are escorted by a member of Japan Self Defense Force as they arrive at the island of Iwo Jima, now officially called Iwo To in Japan ...