Daniel Okimoto as an infant wrapped in the American flag in his mothers' hand at Santa Anita Racetrack. The picture was painted by Okimotos' sister, Ruth Yoshiko. ...
Japan’s post-war Constitution North Korea is acting as if to wake a long-time sleeping lion in Asia—that is, Japan. Pyongyang has rapidly been magnifying its...
Jan Zwartendijk on the left and Chiune Sugihara. The picture was taken at Holocaust Museum at Vilnius. Last of two parts (Part 1: Japanese Visas That...
Jan Zwartendijk First of two parts The achievements of the Honorary Consul of the Netherlands in Lithuania are buried in history. Chiune Sugihara is...
Akiko Macdonald (center) was treated as VIP and escorted by the armed local police officers Places where battles took place always have sad stories...
After the United States military had learned of the Nishikaichi incident, Army Lt. Jack Armstrong of the 740th Ordnance Company was sent to Niihau...
Mention “Pearl Harbor” to any American, and they will probably think immediately of ships. The December 7th, 1941, Japanese attack on the United States Pacific...
Criticism of the Korean film Battleship Island (directed by Ryoo Seung-wan) has been increasing. The film is set on the coal mine on Hashima Island,...
When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Pearl Harbor, Daniel Martinez was his official host and guide. Martinez, the chief historian at the World War...
Seventy-two years ago, the last bombs fell from the skies over Japan, and the last shots were fired in anger between Japanese and Allied forces...
On August 15th, the 72nd anniversary of the end of the war, former United States marine Marvin Strombo, 93, returned a Japanese “Good-luck” flag found...
From early morning, and under cloudy skies, on August 15th, the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II, visitors continued to gather at...