An expedition led by Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) aboard Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus has just completed comprehensive ...

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

Eighty years ago, on August 7, 1945, Japan's first turbojet aircraft, the Nakajima Kikka, took flight. Inspired by the German ...

The USS New Orleans was struck by a Japanese “Long Lance” torpedo during the November 1942 Battle of Tassafaronga, off the coast of Guadalcanal. The powerful explosion sheared off nearly a third of ...

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.

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.