On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese empire capitulated after the United States threw atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was the last country of the Axis powers that continued its war, and ...

A Japanese soldier who hid in the Philippine jungle for three decades, refusing to believe World War II was over until his former commander returned and ordered him to surrender, has died in Tokyo ...

Japanese hold-outs after the second world war are quite the never-ending source of interesting stories. Japanese soldiers were known for their resilience, dedication to the Emperor and often ...

A relative of one of the 21 Australian nurses massacred by Japanese soldiers on a remote Indonesian beach in WWII wants the real story of what happened to be told.