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BREAKING NEWS: Japan PM pledges faster progress on fighter project with Italy, U.K.
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (124+ words) Read full story here Tsunami waves arrive in Japan after M7.8 quake off Philippines Over 10,000 albatrosses reported on Japan island after "extinction" Man admits creating videos critical of Japan PM rivals in LDP election American found dead in Kyoto after disappearing…...
Okinawa marks 81 years since end of WWII ground battle
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (242+ words) NAHA, Japan - Okinawa on Tuesday marked 81 years since the end of a fierce World War II ground battle between Japan and the United States that took the lives of more than 200,000 military personnel and civilians. Efforts to preserve memories of…...
Exhibit traces 70-year history of Japan A-bomb victims group Nihon Hidankyo
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (416+ words) TOKYO - An exhibition currently being held in Tokyo traces the history of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, to commemorate the 70th year since its founding and shine light on its existence. The exhibition is open to the…...
Outgoing Japan PM plans Oct. statement to mark 80 years since WWII ended
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (220+ words) TOKYO - Outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to issue a statement next month to mark 80 years since the end of World War II, focusing on the causes of Japan's entry into the conflict, a source close to him said Tuesday....
FEATURE: War roles bring real-world tension for Japanese actor in China
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (968+ words) SHANGHAI - On a sprawling Sino-Japanese war film set in a Shanghai studio, Japanese actor Tenma Shibuya leaned into this reporter and quietly warned, "Don't speak Japanese." Chinese parents and their son, sightseeing, passed by, reacting with disgust while recalling a…...
FEATURE: Historian reveals new insights from WWII aerial footage
11+ mon, 3+ day ago (794+ words) TOKYO - Aerial warfare historian Yusuke Orita was thrilled when his decade-long effort to collect and analyze U.S. military war film footage led him to uncover a rare color segment showing Japan's famed battleship Yamato under attack in 1945. As the task of…...
Japan Prince Hisahito, 2nd in line to throne, turns 20
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (530+ words) TOKYO - Prince Hisahito, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito and second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, turned 20 on Sunday, a year after a series of traditional ceremonies commemorated his coming of age. As an adult member of the imperial family,…...
Maritime Yamato history museum reopens with revamped battleship model
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (13+ words) Japan Wire by Kyodo News...
FOCUS: A-bomb survivors' no-nuclear goal faces challenges amid deterrence
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (866+ words) NAGASAKI - Survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings by the United States on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been campaigning for a nuclear-free world, but their goal is increasingly facing challenges amid support for nuclear deterrence and calls for a debate over whether…...
BREAKING NEWS: Japan PM Ishiba vows to uphold predecessors' views on history in WWII message
11+ mon, 2+ day ago (111+ words) Read full story here Filipino man with Japanese roots denied in request for Japan nationality Japan's new high-speed maglev trains to have non-reclining seats Takaichi paves way for Japan's 1st female PM by becoming ruling LDP head Japan tightens license conversion…...