We’ve all heard accounts from our olds. Before the Occupation, Japanese migrant workers flocked to Philippine cities.

When the war finally broke out and Japan started conquering British, Dutch, French, and American territories, waves of volunteers of different nationalities joined the ranks of the Imperial Army.

Trained in the shadow of samurai tradition, these soldiers were taught to fight with unshakable loyalty, brutal discipline, ...

Shortly after 3:20 p.m., they arrived at the cenotaph dedicated to the war dead, honoring Imperial Japanese Army officers and soldiers. Both bowed, offered bouquets of white flowers and again ...

A joint U.S.-Japan investigation team was dispatched for the first time in 2024 to Iwoto Island, formerly known as Iwojima, ...

Question: I've heard that the national government is investigating former Imperial Japanese military personnel who suffered from mental disorders due to war. What kind of illness is it?

and the Imperial Army followed with its own unit. Internationally their missions are called kamikaze, but in Japan they are better known as “tokko,” which means “special attack.” ...

built to memorialize islanders who died after being enlisted as civilian workers for the now-defunct Imperial Japanese military. Related On This Day: Japanese Emperor Naruhito formally enthroned ...

Even when he saw red dots on their tails — the emblem of the Imperial Japanese military — the soldiers thought it must have been the Army Air Corps carrying out maneuvers. “There’s no way ...

Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest legacy would be what happened after the war. 80 years after Iwo Jima, his ...

The couple will pay their respects at a monument for the deceased members of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese military, as well as at a monument honoring victims from both the Japanese and US ...