Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot ...

Designers of the Yamato intended for this monster battleship to defeat any counterpart from the United States Navy. But the advent of aircraft carriers ensured that no such battle would ever occur.

The ship sank off Cape Bonomisaki on Kagoshima's Satsuma Peninsula at 2:23 p.m. on April 7, 1945, with only 276 of the 3,332 ...

Editor’s Note: A Good Thunder farm boy and pilot Ensign Jack Carl Fuller died 80 years ago Monday in one of the key battles ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – NOAA researchers recently made an unlikely discovery while exploring the wreckage of the USS Nevada. The Nevada survived the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, but years later after ...

Today, as we hold the graduation ceremony for the prestigious National Defense Academy (NDA) here at Obaradai, Yokosuka, I, as Prime Minister, extend my heartfelt congratulations to the graduating ...

One of its cities, Hiroshima, is infamous for the devastating bombing during World War II. On August 6 ... The centrepiece of the museum is an impressive model of the battleship “Yamato,” which ...

Conceptually, it never changes, whether you’re fighting in WW2 or you’ve taken to a future battlefield in, well, Battlefield. We’ve chosen some highlights from top-quality war games on PC ...

BEIJING — A Japanese man, who was detained by Chinese authorities, will likely continue to remain in detention despite the Japanese government demanding his immediate release. Thursday marked two ...

Penn State’s wrestling dynasty might be adding a world champion to its roster. Japanese star Masanosuke Ono, a 2024 world champion, is now officially listed in Penn State’s student directory.

The Allied squadron’s surprise attack ended with the loss of several Italian cruisers and destroyers, as well as the crippling of the pride of their fleet, the battleship Vittorio Veneto. On April 7, ...

President Trump warned Tuesday that Americans “could be” involved in the Russia-Ukraine war if it were to escalate to “World War III.” “We want to get it over with,” Trump said of the ...