Andrew Biggio never met his great-uncle, but he’s gotten to know him well. “My uncle was killed in World War II — I’m named after him,” Biggio said. “He didn’t make it home from his war, and I did. I ...

Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa's jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa.

Behind the dreamy scenery of the HBO show’s latest location lurks an explosive story of Thailand’s involvement in the ...

Pfc. Frederick Rickard's death on Iwo Jima was the family's second tragedy in four months. His brother died in a Christmas ...

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 ...

The fighting ended at Itoman ... 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 ...

Some 235 bases, camps and fields were established for training of all aspects of the military buildup to fight the war ... the duration of the war. During World War II, Japanese-Americans in ...

An unexploded World War II bomb was found Tuesday at a construction site in Nagoya, close to the city center where another unexploded bomb was found this month. According to the police and Nagoya City ...

Tokyo - Japan’s Emperor Naruhito renewed his wish for world peace on his birthday, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Imperial Household Agency (IHA) said on Feb 23.