Japanese civic group holds final gathering to hear from WWII survivors

A Japanese civic group has held its final gathering to hear survivors of World War Two pass on their experiences to future generations.
Milwaukee Independent

Personal memories of the atomic bombings on Japan fade with the passing of the WWII generation

The focus of remembrance was especially sharp in Hiroshima, where the city marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. The attack killed 140,000 people. Three days later, a second ...
Time

How Japan’s Outgoing Leader Could Break From Tradition in Talking About World War II

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba bows to the crowd after giving a speech during the 80th anniversary ceremony of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on ...

US records shed light on forgotten Western victims of Japan’s WWII human experiments

Newly digitised American military archives and a fresh generation of historians are focusing attention on crimes that have ...
The National Interest

The Post-War US-Japan Relationship Turns 80

Eight decades since the end of the Second World War, the US-Japan alliance continues to evolve beyond its Cold War foundations. On September 2, 1945, on the deck of USS Missouri, Imperial Japan ...