World War II ended 75 years ago ... Aboard the USS Missouri, Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu signed the Instrument of Surrender. The two men were later ...

From left: Japanese Minister of Education ... With 2025 marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, issues of historical perception are expected to attract renewed attention, and ...

Every August, Japanese media outlets offer specials on World War II and accounts of survivors ... Even if the emperor and prime minister express remorse over Japan’s wartime past and wish ...

Mina Watanabe has made it her life’s work to tell the stories of the women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese ...

The Japanese ... world, but only around 17% of the population holds one, considerably lower than the figure in many Western countries, government data shows. According to numbers the Foreign ...

Japanese Foreign ... the war. Trump has also expressed hope of reviving the Group of Eight format with Russia. Moscow was expelled from the G8 after annexing Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Iwaya, who ...

The minister, Yoji Muto, is expected to negotiate with U.S. officials ahead of global tariffs that could damage Japanese ...

The unidentified representatives were invited by grant-making organization Nippon Zaidan and were also set to talk with Japanese Foreign Ministry officials ... with the world as an active member ...