On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito gave a speech on the radio in which he announced the unconditional ...

Filipino Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, one of Asia’s most prominent Catholic prelates, wrote an open letter to Americans and warned them of “moral failure” in the U.S.-Israel war on Iran.

Japanese hold-outs after the second world war are quite the never-ending source of interesting stories. Japanese soldiers ...

Often overlooked by Western military historians, the Battle of Shanghai in 1937 was an early sign of the brutal urban combat that would characterize much of World War II. An incredible array of arms ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, on the podium at left, answers questions from Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Renho, right in white clothes, during a House of Councillors Budget ...

On August 6, 1945, the atomic mission against Hiroshima began. The primary strike aircraft was the B-29 Enola Gay, piloted by ...

SAITAMA—Japan continued to operate its rail network even after Emperor Hirohito for the first time addressed his subjects through radio at noon on Aug. 15, 1945, to announce the nation’s surrender in ...

Koshu Club, the anticipated new Japanese restaurant from the team behind Michelin-starred Mujo, will open April 14 in the 99 ...

The alliance with the United States remains foundational. South Korea cannot stand aside when its ally faces difficulty. It ...

This behavior is not unique to the Iranian regime and at its core the Revolutionary Guard, but rather a common trait among all totalitarian ideological regimes and groups. Their survival depends ...

Write Out Loud will present its READ! IMAGINE! CREATE! Student Celebration in San Diego. The program highlights student work inspired by When The Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka.

Considering the four protagonists of the European War of World War Two, I would rate Josef Stalin a 9, Adolf Hitler an 8, Benito Mussolini a 7.5, and Winston Churchill a 7. While Churchill is the one ...