Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its World War Two defeat on Friday, with at least one cabinet minister joining thousands ...

In a national ceremony Friday at Tokyo’s Budokan hall, about 4,500 officials and bereaved families and their descendants ...

The South Korean government expressed "deep disappointment and regret" over Japanese officials visiting a Tokyo war shrine on ...

Japan is paying tribute to more than three million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending the ...

Tens of thousands of people braved blazing heat to pay their respects at a controversial Japanese shrine on Friday, as ...

Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates.

He also worked to maintain peace in Japan after VJ Day, but as he ventured further away from the major cities he came across ...

Eighty years have passed since Japan’s surrender ended the second world war. But the way Japan thinks about its wartime ...

Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living ...

Even 80 years on, the inhumane treatment meted out to Allied captives during the Second World War by the Japanese remains ...

As older witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about how the war should be taught to younger generations ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba commemorated the millions who died in World War Two and expressed regret, following ...