Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates ...

A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded ...

Count Folke Bernadotte, the nephew of Sweden's King Gustav V and a colleague of Herman Allen, helped arrange a ceremony for ...

Top collectors on the island have amassed hundreds of thousands of artifacts — and there are still more being found.

Cam Pelletier was a 23-year-old serving in the Navy in the South Pacific in August 1945 when President Harry Truman announced ...

The Aug. 30 celebration will focus on the war’s Pacific theater and Chinese-U.S. cooperation. An Aug. 20 news conference will ...

History buffs can take in a new World War II exhibit at History Park in San Jose this Saturday while enjoying the Spirit of ...

An East Texas World War 2 veteran celebrates a big milestone today, turning 100 years old. Surrounded by friends and family, ...

Even after the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was not universally expected that Japan would ...

World War II veterans, some age 100 or older, gathered Friday at a Lehigh Valley ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of V-J Day.

Friday was the 80th anniversary of when the Japanese empire laid down their arms and surrendered to Allied forces marking the end of World War II.And it was the 101st birthday for a local man who ...