Japanese representatives signed the instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri off Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, to officially end World War II. China and Russia commemorate Sept. 3 as the ...

World War II ended 75 years ago, but not all countries commemorate it on the same day. Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States ...

Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...

From left: Japanese Minister of Education ... With 2025 marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, issues of historical perception are expected to attract renewed attention, and ...

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa’s jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering issuing a statement to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, sources clos･･･ ...

As a volunteer cave digger, Takamatsu Gushiken has unearthed the remains of several hundred people. Excavation is not his ...

The bomb brought World War Two to a sudden end, but was it right to use it ... the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. WW2: How close did D-Day come to failure?

Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine on Thursday ...