From left: Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Abe Toshiko, Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Chinese Minister of ...

Every August, Japanese media outlets offer specials on World War II and accounts of survivors’ wartime experiences. These features center around Aug. 15, the date when Emperor Hirohito announced ...

Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when documents were signed officially ending years of bloody fighting in a ceremony aboard the ...

It was an opportunity to heighten patriotic fervour and national pride. Japan was also a threat to Russian interests in Asia. Russia benefited from economic expansion into the Far East and ...

Antonio Cancemi Antonio Cancemi was serving in the Italian Navy, which was fighting with Japan at the start of the war. But on 8th September, 1943, Italy surrendered to the Allies and instantly ...

Interview tapes from the 1970s that feature a late Japanese diplomat and Class-A war criminal are providing fresh insight into the chain of events that committed Japan to its World War Two alliances.