On a cloudless day off the Philippines coast, Shigetoshi Kaneko held onto floating debris while adrift, clinging to hope after esc ...

Sent by the United States to “coerce the government of Japan into civilization,” as ... retrace Perry’s route home. By the ...

Oshima Hiroshi was originally a military officer who became an attache to Germany, and eventually ambassador. By 1940, the Tripartite Pact between Japan, Germany and Italy was in place.

In May 1945, British forces crossed the Irrawaddy River in Burma and engaged a Japanese force, north of the Prome-Taungup road. With the tide of war changing in the allies favor, by May 9 ...