“We knew that the right thing to do would be to send the flag home, to be in Japan and to the family.” The soldier's eldest son, Toshihiro Mutsuda, was speechless for a few seconds when ...

Henry Diedrich poses with his memoir, “Voyages Thru Calm Yet Stormy Seas,” at his home at Rock Island’s Friendship Manor. The ...

A Japanese mayor said it is "extremely regrettable" that South Korea pulled out of a memorial ceremony Sunday to honor ...

Japan is holding a memorial ceremony on Sunday near the Sado Island Gold Mines, which were listed this summer as a UNESCO ...

That doesn't mean it couldn't have won World War II. Sounds counterintuitive ... naval or merchant, that flew an enemy flag.

That doesn't mean it couldn't have won World War II ... an enemy flag. By 1945, American boats dismembered the island empire by severing the shipping lanes connecting its parts. Japanese ...

Masaki Shibata of Monash University, quantitatively tested how Japanese university students interpreted the red and yellow safety flags used on supervised Australian beaches over the summer.

Tokyo — Japanese Princess Yuriko ... months before the start of World War II. She has recounted living in a shelter with her husband and their baby daughter after their residence was burned ...

Japan Cup at massive Tokyo Racecourse offers the first time in a long time a rooting interest for United States fans. Not ...

That's all for our live coverage today, but we'll be back with further updates and analysis soon. If you're just checking in, here is a recap of the key developments. Military analyst casts doubt ...

A painting of an American flag now adorns the side of a corn crib on Janice Weber’s farm in Minonk, a symbolic salute to her ...