Japanese troops removed and defused an American shell believed to be from World War II from a construction site in Okinawa’s ...

In Southeast Asia, there are at least 2,000 World War II-era wrecks, many of them unexplored. While some are at depths beyond ...

As conservatives urge Shigeru Ishiba to follow the late Shinzo Abe’s lead, moderates warn against alienating Japan’s ...

Asia Society Northern California and the Japan Policy Research Institute hosted veteran journalists Karen Coates and Jerry Redfern for a program on November 12 looking at the “secret” U.S. bombing of ...

Please join Asia Society Hong Kong Center (ASHK) and the Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre (HKHTC) for a memorial reception, dinner, and program commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of ...

Dr Yanqiu Zheng is a historian of China in the world and is the Associate Director of Asia and Pacific Programs at St. Lawrence University’s Patti McGill Peterson Center for International and ...

As Asia-Pacific prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, conservatives in Japan warn that the nation faces a “history war” in 2025 as regional rivals release films and ...

The US is thought to have dropped the 89cm-long (3ft) device during WW2. It was found by workers building a car park at the site where a four-decade-long decommissioning process is under way.

The blast took place in a residential part of the capital Honiara on Sunday. The Solomon Islands, a WW2 battleground in the South Pacific, are littered with thousands of unexploded bombs.

setting the tone by beginning the film with real historical footage of soldiers and ships across Asia-Pacific during WWII.