James Murphy, a 94-year-old veteran and POW who survived working at Mitsubishi’s Osarizawa Copper Mine and the infamous Bataan Death March in the Philippines, reacts after a Mitsubishi press ...

FUKUOKA, Japan — Nearly 80 years after they were captured and killed in the final days of World War II, dozens of U.S. airmen were honored Friday with a solemn ceremony that also reckoned with the ...

On the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, Sergeant David Akui walked along Waimanalo Beach and spotted what he thought was a sea turtle emerging from the surf. Akui quickly realized he had found something far ...

Baumkuchen, a confectionery with German origins, has found an unexpected home in Japan, where it is now a wildly popular sweet. Its introduction to the country traces back to a prisoner of war on a ...

Discover the incredible story of Milton Glazier, a Bonner County man captured on Wake Island during World War II.

Editor's Note: KING 5's Lori Matsukawa originally reported on the impact of Japanese internment leading up to the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which was February 19, 2017. One year later, ...

Army Cpl. James M. Walker from Oklahoma survived the Bataan Death March but died in a Japanese prison. His remains were ...

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of a Medal of Honor recipient more than 80 years after he ...

TOKYO — As Japan's defeat marking the end of WWII nears its 80th anniversary, and some events fade from living memory, history is hardly consigned to books. It lives on in unhealed wounds, ...

A reporter traveled to the corners of the country to meet six World War II veterans, who had a warning for generations to come. By Martin Fackler Reporting from Tokyo Times Insider explains who we are ...

Zhou Zhenfan, senior expert at the Conservation Department of China’s Central Archives, presents archives related to the ...