On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito gave a speech on the radio in which he announced the unconditional ...

Japanese hold-outs after the second world war are quite the never-ending source of interesting stories. Japanese soldiers ...

Funded by the Hong Kong SAR Government’s Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme, the University of Hong Kong’s ...

The 80-minute documentary film was officially selected in the non-feature section of Indian Panorama of 56th IFFI 2025 ...

America has no shortage of military museums spread across the country, but having one inside of a retired aircraft carrier is ...

"Top of the world, Ma!" ...

In 1943, the Imperial Japanese Navy rounded up and murdered German citizens working in New Guinea, nationals of a country[...

Ikuko Yamazaki, 62, has been using social media to advocate for the succession of the emperor's first child regardless of gender. She says not having Aiko as a successor and the insistence on ...

The Japanese American National Museum stands out among cultural institutions by refusing to bend to President Trump’s attacks ...

Today, Americans observe National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, a solemn occasion to honour and remember the lives lost in ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII. For those passionate about exploring Hong Kong's WWII PBs, built by both British and Japanese forces, the biggest challenge lies in the lack of ...

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