The Missouri’s captain ordered a military burial at sea with full honors, marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II.

The third shell was found Feb. 8 and removed March 25 from a site near an elementary school in the Ozato district of Nanjo ...

A solemn anniversary and milestone will be observed this week on board the Battleship USS Missouri.Eighty years ago, on April ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday made a rare visit to the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima to mark the ...

The dispute over the Russian-controlled Kuril Islands dates back to World War II. The Japanese foreign ministry reiterated ...

The World War II Battle of Okinawa left an estimated 240,000 people killed or missing. Now, 80 years later, bones are still ...