A company in Japan found thousands of “phantom” coins, believed to have been destroyed after World War II, in a warehouse. Photos show the rare ceramic currency. Shofu Inc., a dental equipment ...

The Japan Mint identified the unusual discs as a rare type of WWII currency known as “phantom” coins, according to an Oct. 18 Facebook post. Photos show the reddish brown coins.

After the war, Okinawa remained under U.S. occupation until 1972, 20 years longer than most of Japan, and it remains host to a major U.S. military presence to this day.

When Terry Jones and her sister, Masami Grey, were abandoned by their mother in a park in Osaka, Japan, and subsequently separated, Jones wasn’t sure what the future would hold. But at 4 years ...

But in 2014, after China’s gross domestic product overtook Japan’s, Beijing designated by law Sept. 3 as the day of victory in the war of resistance against Japanese aggression.

OME, Japan — A California man recently climbed a forested mountainside in western Tokyo to honor the memory of his great-grandfather, one of five American airmen killed when their B-29 ...

Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, visits the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery as the country marks the 79th anniversary of its defeat in the World War II, in Tokyo, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024.

An explosion occurred after a U.S. bomb from World War II detonated at an airport in Japan on Wednesday, Oct. 2 The incident happened at Miyazaki Airport, a former Imperial Japanese Navy base ...

Japanese Americans are still trying to grasp the impact of WWII on their families NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Emily Kwong, ... My grandma and her sisters were survivors of Japan's invasion of China.

The Japan Mint identified the unusual discs as a rare type of WWII currency known as “phantom” coins, according to an Oct. 18 Facebook post. Photos show the reddish brown coins.

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, center, speaks to media members after offering prayer for the war dead at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, as the country marks ...