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 ...

Nineteenth Century Charitable Association event features writer Nancy Matsumoto and the story of her poet grandparents who ...

Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi sent a ritual offering on Tuesday to a shrine honouring the country’s war dead that ...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent a ritual offering on Tuesday (Apr 21) to a shrine honouring the country's ...

The shrine honours the country’s war dead, including military officials convicted by an international tribunal after World ...

The Japanese premier sent a ritual offering Tuesday to a shrine honouring her nation's war dead, drawing rebukes from South ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent a ritual offering to a shrine honou­ring the country's war dead that has long angered neighbouring countries but did not visit in person, media reports and an ...

Seoul urges Japan’s leaders to ‘face history squarely’ and show through action ‘a sincere remorse for its past’.

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