More than 14 U.S. Army and Marine divisions never landed on X-Day of Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan to end World War II.

This question lands with particular sharpness and irony for Japan's right-wing political forces, which, today, repeatedly fires off provocations toward China. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent erroneous and dangerous remarks on Taiwan island,

Here’s What You Need to Remember: One of the most controversial decisions in history was President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Some argue that Truman was haunted by estimates that Operation ...

Using Google Earth as our lens, we trace Japan’s invasion of Korea by following the routes, coastal landings, and strategic advances that shaped the campaign. We move from the initial crossings and early footholds to the deeper push toward key political and military centers,

A Chinese invasion of Taiwan could be an "existential threat" to Japan that would lead to a collective defense of the democratic island with the United States, Japan's deputy prime minister said. Taro Aso, who also serves as finance minister, made the ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Japanese once invaded the Aleutian Islands. There has been growing concern in recent years over the state of the United States Arctic defenses. In fact, few Americans remember that Alaskan islands seized by Japanese ...

Japan ‘crossed the Rubicon’ after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Unlike eight years ago when Russia annexed Crimea, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government has quickly joined economic and financial sanctions against Russia with Western countries.

Quick to impose economic and financial sanctions on Russia following that country's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Japan has also resisted fully breaking ties. The Russian invasion has also reinforced Japan as a country unwelcoming to refugees, and ...