On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...

The US Air Force restores North Field Airbase, the WWII launch site for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings, to ...

St. Paul and Nagasaki, Japan. This was the first relationship of its kind between U.S. and Japanese (or any Asian) cities.

Six days after the attack, Japan surrendered to the Allies bringing to a close the most destructive conflict in recorded ...

The film chronicles the life and presidency of Harry Truman, highlighting his journey from a Missouri farm boy to becoming ...

The photos of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be among World War II-related exhibits planned as part of this undertaking.

These two books describe how American doctors were linked to troubling events during World War II that raised thorny moral issues around medicine and war.

“Many precious lives were lost in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, air raids on Tokyo ... 80th anniversary of its surrender in World War II on Aug 15. During WWII, Japan fought ...

On Aug. 9, 1945, a second atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Japan surrendered ... General in what became after World War II the U.S. Air Force. "My grandfather fought ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, marking his 65th birthday Sunday, stressed the importance of telling the tragedy of World War II to younger generations ... of U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima ...

Emperor Naruhito turned 65 on Feb. 23, vowing to reaffirm his commitment to peace with the approaching 80th anniversary since the end of World War II ... of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was awarded ...