Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the ...

IWO JIMA, Japan — Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress ... perhaps best associated with one of the most famous photos of World War II—showing a group of US Marines raising the American flag on the ...

EXCLUSIVE: As some councils toy with the idea of scaling back, or cancelling, VE Day events those who lived through the dark ...

Located about 1,200 kilometers south of Tokyo, the island was considered vital by both sides in the waning days of World War II. Japan considered ... raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi ...

an approximately 170-meter peak where Japanese forces dug in during the World War II fighting, lies near its southern end. It is where U.S. forces raised a Stars and Stripes flag, which was ...

The tank is now housed at the NPO Defense Technology Museum in Japan, where it will undergo ... of the Pacific and Asiatic Theaters in World War II.

Investing.com-- Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201) shares rose sharply in Japanese trade on Thursday after Taiwan’s Foxconn (SS:601138) said it was seeking partnerships with Japanese automakers ...

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed George Glass, a former investment banker and diplomat known for criticizing China, as ambassador to Japan, one of several U.S ...

The UK has accused Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet on a Ukraine ceasefire at a meeting of allies - at which more than £18bn in aid was pledged to Kyiv. Meanwhile, Donald Trump's envoy has ...