A body was found on Friday on a mountain on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, where a man had been missing since being ...

More than 40%, or 20, of the 47 prefectural chapters of a national organization of families of war dead have suspended or ...

The Emperor announced the end of World War II on Aug. 15, 1945, and shortly afterward Masao Ohki, a 21-year-old senior flight ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed “remorse” over World War II in his address at the annual government-organized ...

The annual memorial ceremony for Japan’s war dead was held at the Nippon Budokan hall in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on Friday, as ...

Many families of those who died in World War II and other people visited the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Chiyoda Ward ...

Japan’s Nikkei closed at an all-time high on Friday, as the yen weakened and data showed the nation’s economy was ...

Editorial [posttime] JST, [postdate] Friday marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The national memorial service for the war dead is set to be held in Tokyo. It is hoped that ...

When U.S. President Donald Trump called Norway’s finance minister last month to discuss tariffs, he also told him he wanted the Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian business daily Dagens Naeringsliv reported ...

Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution won’t reach an agreement in Geneva Friday.

Ruling and opposition parties issued statements about their intentions for the future to mark the 80th anniversary of the end ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung expressed his desire to deepen ties with Japan in a speech at a ceremony in Seoul ...