During World War II, Japan planned the Nakajima G10N Fugaku, a super heavy bomber capable of reaching the U.S., bombing major ...

In late 1944, tiny Chichijima sat astride Japan’s Pacific lifeline. Carrier strikes hammered its radio relays while a fraying ...

While the city was reduced to ashes, Hisako Aihara and her family managed to evacuate in time thanks to a tipoff from a worker at a military facility.

As they fly wing to wing over a vital spot in the development of the atomic bomb, a native of Japan and a former US military officer hope their friendship outshines the horror of the blasts that took ...

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor gravely damaged the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet's strength, but fortunately, no American aircraft carriers were sunk in the attack. As a result, when the United States ...

During World War II, Japan was exceptionally innovative in aviation. The nation produced the infamous Mitsubishi A6M "Zero," which devastated the Allies in the early phases of the conflict, and other ...