Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was ...

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.

As defeat loomed, Japan turned to Nazi Germany for help—and requested one of their most feared weapons: the Tiger Tank. This ...

Japan was one of the greatest naval powers during World War II when it fielded over 20 aircraft carriers until the end of the war. However, the country scrapped all of its carriers after its ...

On April 11, 1945, a Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball during the ...

TOKYO--Japan said its warplanes used flares to warn a Russian ... which the former Soviet Union seized from Japan at the end of World War II. The feud has prevented the two countries from signing ...

A rare Imperial Japanese Army trainer aircraft from the Pacific War that was recovered from the bottom of a lake in northern Japan went on display in Tokyo where it was built on Oct. 27.

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was among the aircrafts used in Japan's attacks on the U.S. at places like Pearl Harbor in 1942, devastating American planes at the time. The lightweight aircraft was ...

Naruhito, in his 65th birthday remarks in February, noted the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII ... the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force. The island is also used for U.S. military aircraft ...