The photograph taken at the meeting between Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur denotes a significant moment in history.

Eighty years ago, the pre-recorded announcement of Emperor Hirohito on August 14, 1945 verbally accepting the terms of ...

In the final hours before Emperor Hirohito’s surrender announcement was to be broadcast, rebel officers launched a desperate ...

A Democrat, he served three terms as Hawaii’s governor (1974-86), rising out of a tough district of Honolulu. He tried to ...

The main topic around the world last week was the halt of hostilities between the USA and Iran for a period of ...

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A Japanese museum sporting nostalgia from 1920s through 1980s Japan opened last year in Tokyo’s Odaiba district, a virtual ...

North Korea had once raised the possibility of diplomatic relations with Taiwan. In a meeting with visiting Chinese officials in May 1995, as then-Chinese president Jiang Zemin (江澤民) prepared for a ...

August 15, 1945. Emperor Hirohito has recorded a message to end the Pacific War. But inside the Imperial Palace, a group of ...

From 17th-century royalty and Presbyterian missionaries to White Terror victims, cultural figures and industrialists, Nanshan ...

On August 6, 1945, the atomic mission against Hiroshima began. The primary strike aircraft was the B-29 Enola Gay, piloted by ...

It's commonplace, especially in The West, to think of wars in binary terms. In those terms, wars are either won or lost, like ...