The campaign began on June 3 and 4, 1942, when Japanese aircraft launched air attacks against the U.S. naval base at Dutch ...

The sinking of the Japanese warship Shinano remains one of the most extraordinary naval events of World War II. It follows ...

In the final months of World War II, Japanese kamikaze attacks threatened to overwhelm the U.S. Navy. This story follows ...

Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Executive Order 9066 was issued — the culmination of fomenting anti-Asian sentiment — and President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the removal of ...

It's all the truck he needs — one that picks up a new mattress from the furniture store, takes him to work and has ample space for groceries. “Most people have way more truck than they will ever use,” ...

Kei vehicles offer a low-cost, high-efficiency alternative to large SUVs but face safety, highway, and import restrictions in the U.S. Regulatory loopholes and shifting political signals are opening ...

Driven by lessons from World War II and China’s expanding presence, Japan’s strategic orientation is pivoting eastward into the Pacific.

The global bond market is approaching a stress point driven by concentrated debt maturities and rising refinancing costs rather than a single macro shock. Japan sits at the center of this dynamic as ...

Governments throughout East Asia and the rest of the international system are increasingly agitated about media reports alleging that an anonymous source in the office of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae ...

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Cameraman Norman Alley was napping on the gunboat's deck when Japanese bombs started falling around him. The Universal News cameraman grabbed his camera and began filming as explosions ripped through ...