Khalkhin Gol happened months before World War II started, but this tank battle had huge ramifications for the war. Here are ...

Precursor to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Japan ... Things only grew worse with the invasion of Manchuria in 1931, the Nanjing Massacre, and Japan signing additional treaties with the ...

Taiwan’s government has pledged to remove over 700 statues of Chiang Kai-shek, the former leader responsible for Taiwan’s ...

One by one, the self-imposed restrictions on Japan’s ability to work with US forces were relaxed.

PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL KITAGAKI, JR. The animosity intensified in the 1930s as Japan invaded Manchuria ... little Japanese friends will know his part in the event of any possible attempted invasion ...

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

They were among 1,000 Filipino women forced into sexual enslavement during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Many women died or committed suicide due to brutal mistreatment and sustained ...

He postpones a decision on the proposed second phase -- an invasion of the Tokyo area ... Union declares war on Japan and invades Japanese-held Manchuria in the largest land offensive of the ...

Shotoku Taishi (574-622) begins to shape Japanese society and government ... cabinets make imperialistic inroads in China. Manchuria taken over in 1931. 1937-1945: World War II; war in China followed ...

Tells the story of Yamaguchi Yoshiko a Japanese woman born and raised in China during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria She debuts as the Chinese singer and actress Li Xianglan Ri Kouran in ...