Sergeant David Akui walked along Waimanalo Beach on the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, and spotted what he thought was a sea turtle ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Emperor Naruhito said Wednesday that he will honor thousands of Japanese prisoners of World War II who were held under harsh conditions in Mongolia when he visits the country next ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito began a weeklong visit to Mongolia on Sunday during which he plans to honor thousands of Japanese prisoners of World War II who were held under harsh conditions ...

Japan executes first three prisoners since 2010Japan has hanged three death row inmates in its first executions since July 2010. Reports said the unnamed prisoners, hanged in separate prisons, had all ...

During World War II, Japan transported tens of thousands of Allied POWs and Asian slave laborers aboard overcrowded, unmarked cargo vessels later known as “hell ships”—floating chambers of starvation, ...

Those released were transferred to neighboring countries, with nine individuals including Nakanishi and Bialiatski being ...

Army Cpl. James M. Walker from Oklahoma survived the Bataan Death March but died in a Japanese prison. His remains were ...

James Murphy, a 94-year-old veteran and POW who survived working at Mitsubishi’s Osarizawa Copper Mine and the infamous Bataan Death March in the Philippines, reacts after a Mitsubishi press ...