German soldiers never stepped foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the ...

A famed Japanese destroyer lost in 1942 has been found severed on the South Pacific seafloor — the result of a fantastic David-vs.-Goliath sea battle that remains the stuff of legend for the U.S. Navy ...

Tatsukuma Ueno, 97, a former Japanese army pilot, took the stage at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo to tell his story 80 years after the end of World War II.

Environment Pacific nations urge Japan to clean up WWII shipwrecks Oil leaks put coral reefs, mangroves and fisheries at risk, researcher warns ...

Japan's Emperor Akihito has paid tribute to the victims of fierce fighting on the Pacific island of Saipan during World War II. The emperor bowed at memorials to the Japanese, US and Korean dead, in ...

The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...

Human remains discovered on Okinawa in 2004 have been identified as those of a Japanese soldier, marking the first time DNA alone was used to confirm the identity of a casualty from the Battle of ...

Before Pearl Harbor and World War II, Japan was already on a dangerous path. This documentary explores how ultranationalism took root during the Taishō and early Shōwa eras, fueled by economic ...

US, Japan left behind thousands of bombs after WWII. They're still exploding and killing people in the Pacific.

The remains of some 1,400 people sit in storage for possible identification with DNA testing. So far just six have been identified and returned to their families.

The USS Stewart, once called the "Ghost Ship of the Pacific," served in both the U.S. and Japanese navies during World War II.

Troves of artifacts were stolen from Japan during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. Over 20 pieces of looted items were found in the attic of a Massachusetts home.