Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday renewed Japan's pledge to pursue peace in his message marking 80 years since the end ...

Outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering delivering next week a message for the 80th anniversary year of the end ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has issued a message to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Public opinion believes that the message, to some extent, reflects Ishiba's ...

Right wing groups in Japan continue to push historical denialism in a bid to whitewash wartime atrocities. South Korea, which suffered under Japanese occupation, wants Japan to be more open about the ...

TOKYO — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about how the ...

The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki warn that time is running out to hear the voices of those who survived the nuclear ...

TOKYO — Japan paid tribute Friday to more than 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World War II 80 years ago, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of the ...

Days before his expected resignation, outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba won't go quietly, preparing to deliver a ...

BENXI, China (AP) — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Japan remembers the victims ...

The following is the 2025 Defense of Japan white paper that was issued by the Ministry of Defense. From the report The ...