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

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

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

A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded ...

Day, is commemorated as the day on which Japan surrendered in World War II. The Pacific Ocean theater of World War II saw many bloody and brutal battles take place on land and sea between Allied ...

Japan is paying tribute tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending World ...

Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi visited the war-linked Yasukuni shrine on Friday as Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its ...

Japan on Friday marked the 80th anniversary of its surrender in World War II, as the aging of survivors and ongoing global ...