I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

Their ordeal continued even after August 15, 1945, when Japan surrendered unconditionally to the Allied forces, ending the second world war, the deadliest conflict in history. 5 things to know ...

The bombs also brought an end to the Second World War, with Japan surrendering on August 15. “Mr President, I feel I have blood on my hands,” Oppenheimer told then-president Truman in the ...

After the Second World War, Japan's foreign direct investment (FDI) has expanded through a number of stages. FDI began in the early 1950s, but was conducted only on a small scale until the beginning ...

By the outbreak of the Second World War, Japan had already taken over Taiwan, Korea and parts of China, while Italy had colonised Libya and Ethiopia in Africa. But the allies had power over many ...

In Total War, eyewitnesses from Britain, Germany, Russia, Korea, Japan, and the United States tell the story of the civilians – children, sisters, brothers – who suffered and died in the Second World ...

World War II utterly transformed Mobile and its economy. The explosion began in the late 1930s, when local companies such as Alcoa began producing war materiel for Japan and European countries.

Beginning one hundred years ago with the earthquake in Tokyo in 1923, as well as the Second World War, Japan has — several times — experienced massive devastation to its cities' infrastructure ...