Located in the Solomon Islands near Guadalcanal, Iron Bottom Sound experienced five major naval battles between August and ...

New ocean expedition captures images of 13 WWII shipwrecks from major naval battles - Five major battles at Iron Bottom Sound killed over 20,000 people and sunk 111 ships in 1942 ...

In early 1945, the U.S. launched an aerial offensive on the Japanese naval base at Kure, targeting the battleship Haruna. Defending the base were elite Japanese fighter instructors piloting Kawanishi ...

The creative force behind the 'Gundam' robot anime franchise, 83-year-old Tomino Yoshiyuki, speaks to NHK for the 80th ...

Eighty years after World War II, some of Japan's last survivors are still pushing for an apology and recognition. But time is ...

The Japanese on Guam were shaken by the loss of Saipan on July 9 and the Imperial Japanese Navy’s loss in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 19-20. So was the leadership of Japan.

Over 70 percent of foreigners visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum feel that the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of the western Japan city and Nagasaki cannot be justified, a recent Kyodo News ...

In the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, while many CHamorus were still in churches celebrating Guam’s patron saint, Santa Marian Kamalen, the Japanese started bombing Guam.