The United States had been at war with Japan for nearly four years. The Japanese instigated this carnage by bombing Pearl ...

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TOKYO -- The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is opening an exhibition on former Japanese soldiers who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder (P ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Tracy Slater, author of "Together in Manzanar," which tells the true story of a family of mixed heritage sent to a Japanese internment camp during World War II.

That was the real-life dilemma faced by the main character of Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp, a new book by Tracy Slater.

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba mentioned on a July 20 radio program that 60% of Japanese military deaths during World War II were due to illness or starvation, after being asked about ...

A Japanese navy destroyer torpedoed during a crucial Second World War battle has finally been discovered on the Pacific Ocean floor 80 years after it sank.

TOKYO: A shipwreck thought to be the Teruzuki, an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer, was recently found on the seabed off Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, according to a US marine survey team.

A Japanese navy destroyer torpedoed during a crucial Second World War battle has finally been discovered on the Pacific Ocean floor 80 years after it sank. The Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer ...