Every August, Japanese media outlets offer specials on World War II and accounts of survivors’ wartime experiences. These features center around Aug. 15, the date when Emperor Hirohito announced ...

Kyodo via AP A U.S. bomb from World War II has exploded at an airport in Japan nearly 80 years after the end of the conflict. The explosion created a large crater on the taxiway at Miyazaki ...

From left: Japanese Minister of Education ... With 2025 marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, issues of historical perception are expected to attract renewed attention, and ...