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IIDA, Nagano Prefecture—Hideo Shimizu has been frustrated by the reluctance of a peace memorial museum here to display panels about the infamous Unit 731, where he worked during World War II.

The family of a lost American World War II aviator tossed lily petals into Tokyo Bay on Friday near the spot where his B-29 Superfortress bomber crashed 78 years ago.

The names of 62 American prisoners of war killed in the bombing of Tokyo during World War II were read aloud for the first time, along with those of other bombing victims, at a memorial event earlier this month.

TOKYO -- Sixty-two American prisoners of war who were killed in 1945 air raids by the U.S. military while detained at a Tokyo military prison were amo

Eight of the largest organizations in Japan involving in sharing wartime testimonies say their window for passing down firsthand accounts has narrowed

The ceaseless chronicler of the Great Tokyo Raid died on May 10th, aged 90 | Obituary

Five historic Twentieth Century buildings and structures across the country have just been listed in celebration of Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

TOKYO (AP) — Katsumoto Saotome, a Japanese writer who gathered the accounts of survivors of the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo in World War II to raise awareness of the massive civilian deaths and the importance of peace, has died.

Katsumoto Saotome, a Japanese writer who gathered the accounts of survivors of the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo in World War II to raise awareness of the massive civilian deaths and the importance of peace, has died. He was 90.

TOKYO (AP) — Katsumoto Saotome, a Japanese writer who gathered the accounts of survivors of the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo in World War II to raise awareness of the massive civilian deaths and the importance of peace, has died. He was 90.