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Japan Flew a Bizarre Fleet of American B-17s in WW2

In the spring of 1945, intelligence officers from the US Army Air Forces received several unexpected reconnaissance images.
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Ceremony in Japan remembers US airmen executed in WWII — and those who carried it out

FUKUOKA, Japan — Nearly 80 years after they were captured and killed in the final days of World War II, dozens of U.S. airmen were honored Friday with a solemn ceremony that also reckoned with the ...
The Diplomat

80 Years After WW2, Japan Again Finds Itself in Uncharted Waters

The country’s postwar history was a remarkable story of national rebirth. Now the assumptions that underpinned the last 80 years of policy are being stressed to the limit. Japanese Prime Minister ...

INTERVIEW/ Historian Masuda Hajimu: 'Social Warfare': An Undercurrent for Japan’s Road to War

Many narratives about World War II have emerged during the 80 postwar years, but one important question has not been ...