Human remains discovered on Okinawa in 2004 have been identified as those of a Japanese soldier, marking the first time DNA ...

The crew of the Japanese submarine I-8 committed a couple of atrocities during World War II. First, they sank a Dutch freighter and took the crew hostage. They beat many of them with bayonets and ...

After three crewmen were swallowed up by the Pacific at the end of World War II, a modern-day rescue effort went to find them ...

He stormed beaches with a broadsword, played bagpipes under fire, and took out enemies with a longbow. “Mad Jack” wasn’t just ...

Corporal Glenn Hodak, a member of the 93rd Bombardment Squadron, 19th Bombardment Group during World War II, was honored this week in a solemn ... of my excitement and hope that Glenn Hodak’s ...

After the Pearl Harbor attack, one Japanese pilot crash-landed on an island he thought was empty—he was wrong. This is what happened next. Teal provisionally wins seat a week after it was called ...

Britain’s ban on ninja swords has sparked a debate in Japan on knife ownership and whether a similar law should be introduced to curb crimes involving such weapons. One expert on Japanese swords ...

Get San José Spotlight headlines delivered to your inbox. Construction is underway on the first installation of a multifamily housing and retail project in North San Jose on former Japanese-owned ...

Amber deposits in Japan show unique deformations that suggest trees were swept out to sea during a tsunami about 115 million years ago, giving paleontologists a new way to identify past tsunamis.

Lai said World War II was caused by authoritarians seeking to satisfy their expansionist appetites. Nations and individuals must work together before authoritarian threats become real crises. In past ...

But after the first election of Donald Trump as US president in 2016, I struggled to identify ... during World War II. But scores of other American missionaries were ministering in Japan for ...