In early 1945, the U.S. launched an aerial offensive on the Japanese naval base at Kure, targeting the battleship Haruna. Defending the base were elite Japanese fighter instructors piloting Kawanishi ...

Many World War II airfields were abandoned after Japan surrendered in ... Japan already has several smaller islands it can use for additional bases. Japan is expanding its military presence on and ...

A vehicle was found in the hangar of the USS Yorktown, which was famously sunk by a Japanese submarine during the Battle of Midway in June 1942.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday paid their respects to the war dead on Ioto Island in the Pacific, the site of ...