World War II

May 22, 2022

Japan turns away from post-WWII pacifism as China threat grows

Tokyo (CNN) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is a man on a mission. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February,…

March 22, 2022

(Reuters) – Japan reacted angrily on Tuesday after Russia withdrew from peace treaty talks with Japan and froze joint economic…

February 6, 2022

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Maksim Goldenshteyn recounts a story his late grandmother once told him about how, as a 4-year-old…

October 18, 2021

WOJSLAWICE, Poland (AP) — The Polish witnesses of the German crime in Wojslawice lived for decades with the memories of…

August 15, 2021

TOKYO (AP) — Japan marked the 76th anniversary of its World War II surrender on Sunday with a somber ceremony…

August 9, 2021

TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki on Monday marked the 76th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the Japanese city with…

June 5, 2021

The Russian Consulate General in Hurghada organized on Friday evening a celebration of Russian Victory Day, which corresponds to the…

August 15, 2020

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in World War II, with Emperor Naruhito…

August 13, 2020

TOKYO (AP) — Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, more than one million Japanese war dead are…

August 12, 2020

TOKYO (Reuters) – In a 4 1/2-minute radio speech on Aug. 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender in World…