The 71st anniversary of Japan's surrender saw several officials visit Yasukuni Shrine, although PM Abe did not.

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Cold War divisions, now shorn of their ideological pretensions, have achieved a kind of second life in war memory.

In just three months, the Imperial Japanese Army ended 150 years of European domination of Asia.

The brief look at the story behind the largest battleship ever constructed in naval history.

One of the world’s largest and most advanced battleships was discovered this week.

Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito cautioned that Japan should "humbly and correctly" look back on its past.