Army historian Peter Knight joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about World War II. What is the timeline ...

It was the night of August 9, 1945, merely hours after the US had unleashed the second atomic bomb on top of the Japanese ...

TOKYO, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Young Frenchman Marcus Detrez recently held a photo exhibition in Tokyo, showcasing dozens of photocopies and some originals of historical photographs documenting the ...

I’m not a historian, although there are times I wish I were, and at an early crossroads in my youth, I actually had to choose between Literature and History for my major, settling for the former only ...

China has repeatedly demanded retraction of the original remarks, failing which it has threatened more countermeasures, after ...

Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi has infuriated China with her recent remarks, with no clear means of resolution.

Weeks into the job, Japan’s new leader has come face-to-face with what it means to cross China’s red line on Taiwan.

If Japan’s hawkish new prime minister, Takaichi Sanae, has her way, Japan’s security evolution will quicken. The country’s ...

Wall St. Insights Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many ...

China says Japan is “incapable of shouldering the responsibility of safeguarding international peace and security”.

This question lands with particular sharpness and irony for Japan's right-wing political forces, which, today, repeatedly ...