Japan needs to revisit the pacifist posture that has defined it since World War Two, Shinjiro Koizumi says.

On May 3, 1946, at the former Army Ministry in central Tokyo, 11 international judges gathered for an extraordinary legal proceeding. The building’s auditorium had been refashioned into a courtroom, ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan paid tribute Friday to more than 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World War II 80 years ago, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of ...

Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...

Japan’s government has scrapped restrictions on overseas arms sales in a major shift from pacifist policies introduced after World War II. It comes as the country seeks to counter regional security ...

A reporter traveled to the corners of the country to meet six World War II veterans, who had a warning for generations to come. By Martin Fackler Reporting from Tokyo Times Insider explains who we are ...

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Soon after the invention and mass adoption of airplanes, governments started used them for war. Suddenly, soldiers had to watch out for flying machines spraying hot lead and dropping bombs. However, ...

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China stepped up its economic war with Japan on Wednesday as a dispute between Asia’s two biggest economies intensified over a remark by Tokyo’s new leader about a Japanese response to any Chinese ...