An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

After his plane was shot down, Glenn H. Hodak was sent to a military prison in Tokyo, where he was killed by U.S. firebombing ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...

As a fighter ace who received the Medal of Honor after shooting down 26 Japanese planes over Guadalcanal during World War II, Joe Foss was accustomed to bold action. He was not afraid to think big ...

AP Nearly 80 years after the end of World War II, 1.2 million Japanese war dead are still unaccounted for. That’s about half of the 2.4 million Japanese, mostly soldiers, who died during Japan ...

I was 19 when the war began. As Japanese forces moved closer towards Hong Kong, I worked in the city, loading hundreds of bags of rice onto ferries on Hong Kong Island every day. But when Japanese ...

Directed by Oscar®-winning director Barry Jenkins and featuring all-new songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda – including the viral sensation, “I Always Wanted a Brother” – Mufasa: The Lion King ...

Directed by Isao Takahata, Grave of the Fireflies takes place during World War II in Kobe, Japan. Siblings Seita and Setsuko are orphaned during the chaos of the Pacific War, and they struggle to ...

The latest entry in the long-running Doraemon anime franchise, Nobita’s Art World Tales (Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Esekai Monogatari), has taken the Japanese box office by storm in its opening weekend.

108-year-old Shitsui Hakoishi from Japan is the world's oldest barber. She has been dedicated to her profession since she was 14, overcoming numerous challenges, including losing her husband and ...

World War II: Japanese Relocation on the West Coast Posted: March 11, 2025 | Last updated: March 11, 2025 Narr. by Milton S. Eisenhower, director of the War Relocation Authority. An historical ...