Japanese forces landed on Malaya. No. 1 RAAF Squadron sent fighters up to contest the landings, becoming the first Allied fighters to carry out an attack in the Pacific during WWII. By 0118 hours ...

When she was much younger, she was among the Malaya Lolas' most active campaigners. "I've been to so many protests. I've been to Japan, Hong Kong, even Europe," she says. "The lawyers who help us ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has renewed a pledge to build up his country’s military and deepen its alliance with ...

According to "The Army Air Forces in World War II: Combat Chronology, 1941-1945" by Kit C. Carter and Robert Mueller, this was when B-17 bombers based in Palembang attacked Japanese-held airfields ...

Japan's next target is Singapore. With the British defensive guns pointed south towards the sea, Japan mounts an audacious assault battling through the jungles of Thailand and Malaya to attack ...

ANCHIETA, Brazil--After more than 75 years, officials in the Brazilian state of San Paulo apologized for persecuting Japanese-Brazilian immigrants before and after the end of World War II.

Every August, Japanese media outlets offer specials on World War II and accounts of survivors’ wartime experiences. These features center around Aug. 15, the date when Emperor Hirohito announced ...

Douglas MacArthur's Soldiers, who fought America's first battle of World War II — the ... Pozorrubio pass a General Stuart light tank, M3. Photo by U.S. Army. Fresh Japanese troops began a ...

On Oct. 26, 1944, after four days of furious fighting, the World War II battle of Leyte Gulf, largest air-naval clash in ...

As Shohei Ohtani played in the World Series, Japanese American ballplayers gathered in Manzanar for the first baseball games in the internment camp since World War II. As Shohei Ohtani played in ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A regional airport in southwest Japan was closed on Wednesday after a U.S. bombshell, likely dropped during World War Two to stem "kamikaze" attacks, exploded near its runway ...