33,000 Japanese Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Many Japanese-American soldiers were assigned to the Military Intelligence Service, functioning as interpreters and translators on the ...

Japan is far from the frontlines of Ukraine's ongoing war, but a project is underway to bring over injured former soldiers for specialized medical treatment. Japanese hospitals are giving them ...

Japanese troops storm a Russian position during the siege of Port Arthur In January 1904, the Japanese besieged Port Arthur, a Russian naval base and attacked the Russian Pacific Fleet.

In the Philippines: Japanese forces take Manila; American and Filipino troops withdraw to Bataan peninsula. January: Japan invades Burma. Malaya and the Solomon Islands fall. Rabaul, on the New ...