Which all goes to show that the wealth of certain nations was built on the despoilation of others. Some of that may have been out of living memory, but people are still living with the consquences of ...

What exactly are they afraid of? Fear that historical truths will be exposed. The "comfort women" system was a state crime ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to step up his country’s effort to defend a rules-based international order in a ...

In the Pacific theater of World War II, Japan's military was driven by the Bushido code—a strict samurai ethos emphasizing honor, loyalty, and death before surrender. This code led to extreme acts of ...

The popstar posted an Instagram photo of himself bowing reverentially before the tome, before replacing it with an apology, saying he was unaware of the highly controversial nature of the place. By ...

A Japanese cabinet minister was among thousands of people to visit a controversial war memorial in Tokyo as Japan marks 80 years since the end of World War II. Agricultural Minister Shinjiro Koizumi ...

Tokyo Trial. As a landmark judicial event in the aftermath of World War II, the trial has exerted a profound influence on modern international criminal law and the evolution of the international order ...

Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its World War Two defeat on Friday, with at least one cabinet minister joining thousands of visitors at a shrine that Japan’s Asian neighbors view as a symbol of ...