The horrific human atrocity of World War II ended aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay as Japan formally signed documents of surrender on this day in history, Sept. 2, 1945. The ceremony lasted just ...

TOKYO -- The former residence of Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," stands in a ...

Sept. 2 marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's formal World War II surrender. The capitulation was by design forceful and imposing, an absolutely made for Hollywood event -- as in Hollywood documentary ...

A flock of pigeons burst skyward into the midday Yokohama sun, released in celebration from their papier-mâché prison. Bands blared and confetti swirled over the waters of Tokyo Bay. Japan, the ...

Australian interiors firm BAR Studio has combined lush landscaped terraces and locally sourced materials in Tokyo's Fairmont ...

Minato, located close to the center of Tokyo, is one of the city’s wealthiest and most pleasant wards. During the Edo period, wealthy daimyo and samurai families chose the breezy, fertile hillsides ...

BENXI, China (AP) — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Today in History: December ...

This image from Sentinel-1A’s radar on 11 July shows Tokyo Bay in Japan. Tokyo’s centre lies mainly south of the Arakawa River. Other visible rivers on this image are the Edo River to its north and ...

There are no rows of white crosses along the Satsuma Peninsula or victory memorials dotting Kagoshima Bay. No markers at beaches on Kyushu bearing names of American car brands — Buick, Cadillac, Stutz ...