On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito gave a speech on the radio in which he announced the unconditional ...

The 80-minute documentary film was officially selected in the non-feature section of Indian Panorama of 56th IFFI 2025 ...

Japanese hold-outs after the second world war are quite the never-ending source of interesting stories. Japanese soldiers ...

In 1943, the Imperial Japanese Navy rounded up and murdered German citizens working in New Guinea, nationals of a country[...

Ikuko Yamazaki, 62, has been using social media to advocate for the succession of the emperor's first child regardless of gender. She says not having Aiko as a successor and the insistence on ...

On December 7, 1941, a surprise military strike forever altered the course of American history. Nearly 2,400 lives were lost, ...

The Japanese American National Museum stands out among cultural institutions by refusing to bend to President Trump’s attacks ...

This article appeared in the November 26, 2025 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here.

Shay, who grew up on Indian Island, near Old Town, was an Army medic during the invasion of Normandy in World War II. He ...

And since long ago, the hauntingly beautiful forest at the foot of Mount Fuji has been a place that captured the darkest ...

The sure way to establish Trump's legacy is one that resembles actions by Presidents Nixon and Reagan: creating a path to ...

P-51 Mustang units assigned to Iwo Jima in the Pacific during 1945. These courageous and brave pilots battled the odds to fly all the way to Tokyo to protect and escort the B-29 Superfortresses as ...