History Today: When US Marines invaded Japan's Iwo Jima during World War II
US Marines launched a scathing attack on Iwo Jima island during World War II. Capturing the island, about eight kilometres ...
There are 3 Japantowns left in the U.S. Here’s how to visit them.
Dozens of communities were destroyed after tens of thousands of Japanese Americans were forced from their homes during World ...
Why did US indiscriminately attack civilian targets in Kyushu in WWII's final stage?
Mysteries still shroud a tragedy 80 years ago in which many civilian passengers died in U.S. military attacks on running ...
U.S. Marines Start to Leave Japan, Decades Behind Schedule
The American base on Okinawa has relocated 105 Marines. But an agreement to move 9,000 in total is colliding with the ...
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What would happen if Japan is attacked?
Japan has not engaged in war since World War II, maintaining a pacifist stance under its post-war constitution. However, ...
Gil Won-ok, Crusading Victim of Wartime Sex Slavery, Dies at 96
She campaigned for a formal apology and reparations from Japan for what it did to thousands of women like her, mostly Korean, ...
Gil Won-ok, survivor of Japan’s wartime military sexual slavery, dies at 96
Gil Won-ok, a survivor of Japan ’s wartime military sexual slavery and a lifelong advocate for justice, has died at the age of 96.