Memoirs of an Emperor: Hirohito’s Account of World War II Sells for $275,000 The memoirs include the emperor’s account of the attack on Pearl Harbor and Japan’s surrender. By Motoko Rich ...

Bomb disposal personnel from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force determined that the explosion was caused by an American 500-pound bomb that was likely dropped during a World War II air raid ...

The United States was dragged unwillingly into World War II by the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It was part of Japan’s wider plan to dominate the entire Asia ...

Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty years later, the scars of that American firebombing remain.

After approximately five years of devastating battle, World War II officially ended on September 2, 1945, when Japanese representatives signed the Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri ...