The kamikaze suicide plane was a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat by a desperate Japan. But its fatal flaw doomed its ...

Angry Korean plaintiffs strongly protested and expressed frustration Friday after Japan's top court finalized its rejection ...

The life and death of acclaimed writer Yukio Mishima is a cautionary reminder of the complex, sometimes dangerous ...

Japanese tourists still flock to memorial sites to remember the young men who crashed their planes into Allied warships.

and fulfil my responsibility as the symbol of the state and of the ... renounced his divinity at the end of World War Two, as part of Japan's surrender. Today, the role is largely ceremonial ...

Many South Koreans associate the rising sun flag with a long list of war crimes and oppression - and see Japan's continued use of the symbol as emblematic of Tokyo's failure to address its past.

Set in the aftermath of Japan’s defeat in World War II ... Takashi Yamazaki: For me, Godzilla is a symbol of war and nuclear destruction, so I thought I must incorporate the suicide missions ...

For over seventy years, Japan’s constitution has remained untouched, a symbol of a reformed nation and a democratic society. Introduced under U.S.-led occupation in the wake of World War II ...