“Gamafuya” in the Okinawan dialect means a “cave digger,” and that is what Takamatsu Gushiken, a 69-year-old Naha resident, calls himself. During World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army s ...

A sailor in Hawaii and a soldier in the Phillippines were the first and last Medal of Honor recipients of World War II.

MINE, Yamaguchi Prefecture—LED lights installed to illuminate spectacular natural formations in one of Japan’s largest limestone caves are turning the milky white stalactites green. Experts ...

In the blood-soaked spring of 1945, the Pacific War’s most devastating confrontation unfolded on a small Japanese island, ...

A Pennsylvania dentist thought a “bat bomb," with 1,000 bats starting fires, would end the war faster than the atomic bomb.

Eighty years ago, in 1944 at the height of World War II, the Arthur and Lillian Jones family of Marshalltown faced its second ...

Dec. 13 (UPI) --Japanese law prohibiting same-sex marriage from being officially recognized is unconstitutional, the country's Fukuoka High Court ruled on Friday. The decree marks the third time a ...

About 1,500 Koreans were subjected to harsh and abusive conditions in forced labor during World War II, according to historians. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed ...

Iro Wreck The Iro, a Japanese fleet supply vessel, is another iconic wreck. Anchored in Palau during WWII, it was heavily bombed in 1944 ... Snorkelers can explore sites like the Jake Seaplane, while ...

Live Wire will release a Switch version of CAVE Interactive-developed bullet hell shoot ’em up DoDonPachi True Death via Nintendo eShop on December 19 in Japan for 4,400 yen, the company announced.