Finn notes, "World War II was the first major conflict ... Class B and C charges, which could be leveled at Japanese of any rank, covered "conventional war crimes" and "crimes against humanity ...

The 442nd Regiment, combined with the 100th Infantry Battalion, is the most decorated combat unit in U.S. military history.

The remains of some 1,400 people sit in storage for possible identification with DNA testing. So far just six have been identified and returned to their families.

Japan is remembering the 105,000 people killed in a single night, 80 years ago Monday, in the U.S. firebombing of the ...

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa’s jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the ...

Detrez believes the photos document the atrocities committed by the Japanese during World War II. ZHANG WEI/CHINA DAILY Frenchman Marcus Detrez was leafing through a photo album depicting his ...

which had described atrocities carried out by Japanese troops during World War II. In another lawsuit over the book “Okinawa Note” by Kenzaburo Oe, which said the Imperial Japanese Army ...

SADO, Japan (AP) — Japanese officials have ... especially in the final years of World War II. Korean compensation demands for Japan's atrocities during its brutal colonial rule have strained ...

Descendants of Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII remember detention camps and sound the alarm on Trump's ...

Gushiken Takamatsu said Curtis LeMay, who orchestrated the firebombing, should never have been given the honour A peace ...