A man cries in front of the Cornerstone of Peace monument walls on which the names of all those who lost their lives during the Battle of Okinawa, at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa ...

TOKYO — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. With global tensions escalating, its governor said on Monday it is ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, center, and Princess Aiko arrive at the National Cemetery at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, on Wednesday. Photo by Keizo ...

Soon after the invention and mass adoption of airplanes, governments started used them for war. Suddenly, soldiers had to watch out for flying machines spraying hot lead and dropping bombs. However, ...

From left: Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Abe Toshiko, Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Chinese Minister of ...

On a rainy afternoon in 1891, five years before he would be crowned tsar of Russia, Nicholas Romanov was riding a rickshaw through the narrow streets of Otsu, Japan, when one of the policemen tasked ...