During World War II, Japan was exceptionally innovative in aviation. The nation produced the infamous Mitsubishi A6M "Zero," which devastated the Allies in the early phases of the conflict, and other ...
Japan's eight decades of pacifism looks to be dismantling since Sanae Takaichi became Prime Minister in October 2025 Japan has relaxed decades-old restrictions on its arms exports, clearing the way ...
Sept. 2 marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's formal World War II surrender. The capitulation was by design forceful and imposing, an absolutely made for Hollywood event -- as in Hollywood documentary ...
The Japanese leader revived the phrase “remorse” in his remarks, while also seeking to appease conservative members of the LDP. Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru delivers an address at the the ...
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The Japanese WW2 Bombers That Didn't Have Armor
The Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" was Japan’s most ambitious World War II bomber—and its crews' deadliest trap. Known to American pilots as the "Flying Lighter" for its terrifying tendency to burst into ...
A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded speech began on Aug. 15, 1945, on national radio. TOKYO — Friday is the 80th ...
Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, pictured here in 2015, was the architect of a landmark Japanese apology for World War II crimes - Copyright AFP ...
On February 17, 1944, American carrier aircraft struck Truk Lagoon, one of Japan’s most important naval bases in the central Pacific. The target was not a beachhead. No Marines were waiting in landing ...
SASEBO/TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - Japan on Saturday activated its first marine unit since World War Two trained to counter invaders occupying Japanese islands along the edge of the East China Sea that ...
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