The Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo is a source of friction between Japan and its neighbours. Beijing and Seoul see it as a symbol ...

were vast and “systematic” evidence of Japan’s official policy. The upshot was a war crimes trial of the leading military and ...

Denunciations by the governments of China, South Korea, and other countries that count themselves among the victims of ...

Ranging from the development and testing of biological warfare agents to conducting live dissections on victims, the actions ...

A report accusing the hit film "Oppenheimer" of ignoring U.S. "war crimes" against Japan during World War II went viral and sparked fierce backlash on social media on Monday. The Christopher Nolan ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to the US this week marks a major step in Washington’s consolidation of ...

When the leaders of the US, Japan and Philippines meet at the White House on Thursday, a key topic binds their relationship – ...

allocated compensation to Allied nations and former prisoners of war who had suffered Japanese war crimes during World War II, ended the Allied post-war occupation of Japan, and returned full ...

Was it curiosity? Greed? Racism? Or something more complex? Japanese war crimes during World War II have been studied broadly. Much literature exists analyzing why ordinary people would participate in ...

Colonization, bloodshed, war crimes, occupation, controversial military bases. These are all issues intertwined in the collective history of the United States, Japan and the Philippines.