The aftermath of the Second World War was incredibly chaotic and missing Japanese soldiers that turned up years later weren’t that rare initially. One of the most curious cases must have been that of ...

In 1942 on Guadalcanal, Japanese soldiers entered the jungle convinced that courage, discipline, and night attacks would once again bring victory. What they encountered instead was an enemy that did ...

HONOLULU -- Seven Japanese American soldiers will be promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony Monday, eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II despite having been ...

Two Japanese soldiers died this week of lightning strikes during training in western Japan, a spokesman said Thursday. Sgt. Kento Tanitsu, 25, and Sgt. Ayu Kubota, 21, of the Western Army Tank Unit, ...

After inheriting the flag from his grandfather, Scott Stein decided to return it to the descendants of its original owner. OBON Society On the day Asae Hiyama gave birth to a son, her husband left to ...

Hawaiʻi-born Japanese American WWII soldier Daniel Betsui was initially denied a commission and labeled an enemy alien.

CAMP FUJI, Japan — U.S. Marines and Japanese soldiers leapt over walls, clambered along pipes and shimmied up ropes in an obstacle race to kick off the inaugural Garrison Games at the foot of Japan’s ...

Tak Furumoto loves his wife and his country. The two are intertwined, as it is his love of America that prompted Furumoto to volunteer for the Army during the Vietnam War, even as his Japanese ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Seven Japanese American soldiers will be promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony Monday, eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II despite having ...