After the end of the Cold War, regional conflicts have erupted. The U.S. stepped up its pressure on Japan to contribute ...

Eighty years have passed since the end of a war that brought Japan to the brink of destruction and claimed countless lives in ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday vowed to keep in mind Japan's "remorse" over World War II as the ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday vowed to seek forward-looking, mutually beneficial cooperation with Japan ...

Japan on Friday marked the 80th anniversary of its surrender in World War II, as the aging of survivors and ongoing global ...

Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living ...

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi urged Japan to "face history squarely" on Friday, the 80th anniversary of ...

The following is a tentative translation of the address by Emperor Naruhito on the occasion of the Memorial Ceremony for the ...

An "oirokashi" ceremony, in which kimonos used in rituals are hung out to dry, was held at Hachimankohyo Shrine in the town ...

A Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) investigator reported illegal acts by officers during an investigation of Japanese ...

Tokyo stocks climbed Friday morning as Japan's stronger-than-expected April-June economic growth eased concern over the ...

Japan's economy grew an annualized real 1.0 percent in the April-June period, marking the fifth consecutive quarterly ...