More than 100,000 people were killed in a single night 80 years ago Monday in the US firebombing of Tokyo, the Japanese ...

Richard Overy’s chilling new book Rain of Ruin charts the lead-up to Japan’s surrender in the second World War and is ...

A ceremony has been held in western Japan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the full opening of the Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train line.

On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...

On her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...

Because of the atomic bombings and Japan's surrender a month later, the firebombing of Tokyo is often overlooked in history.

TOKYO: The Japanese government plans to invite to Japan this summer stateless people born to Japanese nationals ...

"It was like the surface of the Moon". British historian Richard Overy, author of "Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan", said that creating "an unstoppable conflagration" was ...

Air India has announced that it will be scaling up its direct non-stop services between Delhi and Tokyo for the northern ...

HIROSHIMA--A large, ancient statue of Buddha ... taking up residence in places such as Yamagata Prefecture and Tokyo. It was enshrined at the Daibutsuden hall of Sairenji temple, located on ...

"It was like the surface of the Moon". British historian Richard Overy, author of "Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan", said that creating "an unstoppable conflagration" was ...