A new documentary is looking to shine a light on Japanese-Americans who were placed in internment camps by the U.S. government during World War II. Despite a ban on cameras inside the camps, the ...

A local man trying to learn more about his family's heritage has turned the experience into a documentary.

As the Pacific War intensified, Japan launched a daring offensive far from home. In 1942, Japanese forces struck deep into the Indian Ocean, raiding Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and threatening the British ...

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito gave a speech on the radio in which he announced the unconditional surrender of Japan to the Allied powers. Among many nationalistic Japanese, ...

Two friends, connected by family histories on opposite sides of World War II, set out to explore the lasting trauma of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. While Japanese hibakusha (survivors) endure ...

A young evacuee arrives in Lone Pine, California prior to being transferred by bus to Manzanar concentration camp, April 1, 1942. Photo by Clem Albers / National Archives and Records Administration ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is paying tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending World War II, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of the ...