2, 1945, to officially end World War II. China and Russia commemorate ... Hiroshima and Nagasaki were thrust into Japan’s public consciousness only after the country regained independence ...

World War II ended 75 years ago ... The broadcast came one day after Japan told the United States and its allies that it was surrendering, and Hirohito and Japanese ministers signed the Imperial ...

This footage shows the Allied Council for Japan after World War II, listening to war hero General MacArthur propose progressive steps and peaceful advancement. California's tech titans say H-1B ...

After suffering more than 220,000 casualties, the Empire of Japan announced its surrender, leading to the end of World War II. The US forces quickly moved in to launch Operation Blacklist ...

Soon after Japan surrendered, they were on their way ... In less than an hour, they had won the last naval battle of World War II. The Americans had ended the war with the brand new, destructive ...

It also thrust an ambivalent nation into World War II. Stories abound of young men joining up after Pearl Harbor ... Roosevelt's declaration of war on Japan on December 8 may have braced many ...

Shin Nakayama is editor-in-chief of Nikkei Asia. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, a conflict that claimed millions of lives and reshaped the global order.

During World War II, she stayed in Japan to run the business while her ... In 1979, her husband died after 51 years of marriage. Ms. Itooka then moved to Ashiya, a city outside Osaka, where ...

Kauffman's boss, Chancellor William Sewell, had also seen the horrors of World War II when he visited Japan after its surrender. Sewell, a Navy lieutenant who had worked for the Selective Service ...

Crews have cleaned up most of the damage done by an act of vandalism that targeted a historic mural in the Japantown area of Seattle's CID neighborhood.