The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...

The Japanese government said Tuesday it has updated its disaster risk plan in the hope of reducing the estimated death toll ...

According to the latest estimate disclosed in March, the death toll from a Nankai Trough megaquake is expected to reach up to ...

For decades, survivors of a sacrifice made to protect their community from invading soldiers have been shamed into silence – ...

Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago ...

The Japanese government has updated its earthquake preparedness plan due to increased risks of a megaquake in the Nankai ...

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Remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Irvin C. Ellingson, who died in a Tokyo military prison fire in 1945, have been ...

FUKUOKA, Japan - “Eighty years ago today, (my father, Lt. Kentaro Toji) was one of the executioners in an incident involving ...

Japan is seeking to reduce by 80 per cent in the next decade its estimated 298,000 death toll from a potential megaquake in the Nankai Trough. ... The Japan Times newspaper reported.