In a war where many Japanese aircraft were fast but fragile, the Mitsubishi Ki-51 stood out as a rugged, dependable workhorse ...

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito gave a speech on the radio in which he announced the unconditional ...

His televised address as prime minister, delivered 50 years to the day after Japan announced its surrender, set a marker for ...

Tomiichi Murayama, Japan's prime minister from 1994, was best known for the "Murayama Statement," an apology delivered on the ...

Japan's former prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, best known for making a statement apologising over World War II, died Friday ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who passed away at 101, is best remembered for issuing Japans landmark ...

Known for his landmark apology for Japan's World War II aggression and the phrases "deep remorse" and "heartfelt apology", ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who issued Japan’s landmark apology for wartime atrocities during World War ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday renewed Japan's pledge to pursue peace in his message marking 80 years since the end ...

Past visits by top leaders to Yasukuni, which honours convicted war criminals, have angered Japan's neighbours.