The U.S. Navy can learn much from the Russo-Japanese War—and from dueling interpretations of that conflict by naval theorists ...

Trained in the shadow of samurai tradition, these soldiers were taught to fight with unshakable loyalty, brutal discipline, and a bayonet they saw as their modern sword. Senate Votes To Block ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on April 7 visited Iwoto island, formerly known as Iwojima, for the first time to pay ...

The Japanese government passed a record defense budget in 2024, in line with its commitment to increase its defense spending ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth recently concluded his visit to Guam—a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean, and one of ...

NHK has learned that the remains of some 20 people believed to have died in World War Two have been found on Iejima Island in Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa. This is the first discovery of its ...

I was researching for facts and dates to write about the 82-day brutal battle to capture Okinawa from the Imperial Japanese Army. In 1945 Easter Sunday was April 1, no joke. It was also D-Day for the ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit the Japanese island of Ioto for the first time on Monday to remember those who died in World War Two. This year marks 80 years since the end of ...