The shocking photos show the prisoners of war reduced to skin and bone after being starved and brutally beaten by their captors until they were freed following the fall of Japan in 1945.

A guesthouse in Japan says it is under pressure from local authorities to change a policy asking guests to declare that they have never committed war crimes, following complaints by Israel’s ...

Ukraine says Russian troops have committed many thousands of war crimes. The tribunal could start ... is not isolated even if Moscow's former WW2 Western allies want to stay away.

Documents, especially those involving Japan's wartime atrocities, were carefully destroyed in the war's closing days and finding new evidence for a proof would be difficult. Akiyama added that a ...

After 26 years of this motley career, Tanaka became chief of the Military Service Bureau of the War Ministry, a job that gave him indirect control of the Kempei Tai (Japan’s secret police), and ...

Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend ...

"We ask all guests who may have committed war crimes to sign a pledge ... Israel's ambassador to Japan. In it, Cohen called the incident "deeply troubling" and said it "raises serious concerns ...

Packed with never-before-heard performances and insights into a pivotal moment in the band’s history and evolution, Live in Japan 1974 offers fans a deeper understanding of WAR’s global impact ...

Last week, at midnight after the winter solstice, the paths of Japan’s top war leaders ended without glory, but with a dignity that seemed enhanced a little by the doubt and confusion among the ...

A hotel in the Japanese city of Kyoto allegedly canceled an Israeli tourist’s reservation because of “war crimes,” drawing ... which accused it of breaching Japan’s Hotel Business Act ...

It further included a commitment to uphold international humanitarian law and to abstain from any future engagement in war crimes. Israel’s Ambassador to Japan, Gilad Cohen, sent a letter to ...