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At World Expo, Japan Recalls a Faded Dynamism
The event is stirring memories of an exhibition in 1970, when the postwar Japanese economy was taking off and “you could have dreams about the future.” ...
The National Interest2d
The Iowa-class USS Missouri Battleship Brought Carnage to Japan
USS Missouri and the Iowa-class battleships were larger and more lethal than their predecessors. When it comes to legendary ...
Hawai‘i Public Radio4d
A U.S. Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII. Here's why
Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot ...
Associated Press20d
Hegseth calls Japan indispensable in the face of Chinese aggression
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth met with the ...
Global Times20d
Pentagon chief Hegseth’s praise of Japanese troops in battle of Iwo Jima sparks criticism
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday "praised American-Japanese friendship and trust" while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War II ...
Associated Press21d
Hegseth vows to strengthen alliance with Japan as he joins Iwo Jima memorial service
(Eagle Society & Iwo Jima Association of America via AP) Japanese and the U.S. military personnel participate in the ... service hosted by Japanese bereaved families of the World War II on Iwo Jima, ...
Foreign Affairs23d
The Japanese Military Has a People Problem
The Japanese military is particularly vulnerable to the consequences of demographic change. Since its founding in 1954, the force has rarely met its recruitment targets, and decades of economic ...
CBS News23d
Airman who was shot down, imprisoned in Japan during World War II accounted for
A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday. U.S. Army Air ...
The Conversation23d
The battle for Khartoum: tracking Sudan’s war over two years
Early on, it was clear that both the Sudanese army and the paramilitary force had a sufficient supply of weapons to sustain a protracted conflict. The country was already awash with firearms.
The Taipei Times24d
Military to mark 80th anniversary of World War II
The Taiwanese military ... of World War II (WWII), and to bolster public sentiment on the need to defend the nation from Chinese threats — reminding the world it was not the government in Beijing that ...
Smithsonian Magazine24d
The Moving Story of Bringing Baseball Back to Manzanar, Where Thousands of Japanese Americans Were Incarcerated During World War II
“I remember the toilet seats were like you see in the old Army pictures—there ... the San Pedro Skippers. Before World War II, they were so popular that the Japanese immigrant fishermen ...
NHK25d
Okinawa marks 80 years since start of ground battle in WWII
Some used hand grenades given to them by the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army. Mass suicides also occurred across Okinawa's main island and on Iejima Island. It is believed that people took ...