Japan was disarmed after its WW II defeat. But a month after the Korean War began in 1950, U.S. occupation forces in Japan created a 75,000-member lightly armed de facto army called the National ...

The Japanese Occupation (1945-1951 ... which outlawed the creation of armed forces and the right to make war. It's not clear whether or not the "No-war clause" originated with MacArthur, but ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday vowed to speed up discussions on revising the Constitution as Japan marked the 77th ...

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

Introduced under U.S.-led occupation in the wake of World ... as well as policies to adapt to climate change. The growing military power of Japan’s neighbors raises questions about the country ...

For both countries it is a symbol of Japan's past and its record of occupation and atrocities. That legacy explained Japan's ...

Of course, China suffered greatly under Japanese imperial occupation during the Second World War ... would need America’s ...

The Israeli occupation forces launched new airstrikes Friday on homes in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the martyrdom of six ...

If Japan was a close ally to the U.S., why are U.S. forces stationed in Japan like they were during the occupation period, maintaining large swaths of bases almost the same as before? The site used to ...

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.