While the Winter War rages on in Finland, Japan is confronted with a dilemma. Keep fighting the Chinese and face huge ...

The Second Sino-Japanese war, that waged over China from 1937 to 1945, was the gruesome climax of Sino-Japanese hostilities that persisted over decades. In China, serving under Chiang Kai-shek, an ...

Shigeru Ishiba is poised to give an address on Japan’s wartime past that could complicate incoming leader Sanae Takaichi’s ...

Beyond military statistics, the Flying Tigers’ story reveals profound humanity. Veterans like Wing Yoke Lai remembered Chinese civilians who risked everything to rescue airmen whose plane was downed, ...

Eighty years ago, in the autumn of 1945, World War II surrender ceremonies took place across the Japanese Empire.

Australia has begun a sweeping defence upgrade, pledging over A$25 billion toward modernising its military over the coming years. Officials say this is the most expansive build-up since World War II, ...

The call by Yoshimasa Hayashi, a top LDP politician, may help mend ties between Japan and the region over its WWII history if ...

Beijing says it hopes to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027. Here's what we can learn from its recent military actions.

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping led top leaders in paying tribute to fallen heroes at Tiananmen Square ahead of National Day. The ceremony, held on Martyrs’ Day, included placing flower baskets at the Mo ...

Japan's Imperial Household Agency on Thursday released the official biography of the wife of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously ...

And while the LDP has ruled Japan almost continuously for the last 30 years, it’s now in a precarious position as it prepares to vote for a new party leader on Saturday – mired in scandal, widely ...