In February 1942, part of the ceiling of a mine shaft collapsed, flooding the mine and killing the 183 workers inside.

Eighty years have passed since Japan’s surrender ended the second world war. But the way Japan thinks about its wartime ...

Two Competing Histories: Japan’s post-war traditional narrative renounces militarism, upholds Article 9, and treats WWII as a ...

By Junko Ogura and Helen Regan, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble ...

Yan'an, Chongqing and Shenyang form an obtuse triangle on China's map. Like hundreds of other cities, they each hold memories ...

Japan’s largest Yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend ...