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The Imperial Japanese Army’s notorious medical research team carried out secret human experiments regarded as some of the worst war crimes in history.

MacArthur oversaw the occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1951. Although criticized for protecting Emperor Hirohito and the imperial family from prosecution for war crimes, MacArthur is credited with implementing far-reaching democratic reforms in that country. He led the United Nations Command forces defending South Korea against the North Korean invasion from

What's an atomic bomb between friends?

New evidence indicating the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor effectively from under water, as well as the air, was announced today by the “NOVA” television series on the anniversary of the 1941 attack that led the United States into World War II.

An opinion piece stating that President Obama should visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki on his visit here later this month. The piece also discusses the still controversial issue of the atomic bombings, 64 years later.

Japanese former General Toshio Tamogami's essay titled "Was Japan an Aggressor Nation?" caused an Asian storm. He meant that the actions in Asia during and before World War Two were not due to Japanese aggression and that the attack upon Pearl Harbor, Japan was tricked into it by United States President Franklyn Roosevelt.

The convent school became a field hospital, later where Japanese casualties from China and South East Asia were sent to recover. The houses around the church, villa style in the westernized South China style, were occupied by Japanese officers, which protected the buildings from being looted. The church was not affected, because Italy and Japan were allies.

Chinese director Lu Chuan says he wants to show the "truth" about the Japanese occupation of China's temporary capital Nanjing in 1937 in his new movie "City of Life and Death".

The film deals in gruesome detail with the killing of what China says were 300,000 defenseless civilians and prisoners of war by Japanese invaders.

Pacific Theatre of WWII witnessed numerous amphibious Landings as the U.S. "Island-hopped" across the South Pacific vs. Imperial Japanese Forces {Music:U.S. Armed Forces Medley...}

The Brooklyn Navy Yard (shown in 1942) operates 24/7 during the war with a staff of 70,000. It builds such vessels as the USS Missouri, the battleship whose deck would host the Japanese surrender.

The story of the flame of Hiroshima and Nagasaki...

In the interview, Jeppson commented on US President Obama's statement that as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon, the US had a moral responsibility to act. "I don't believe in Barack Obama. I think he is on the wrong track." Jeppson said the main reason the A-bomb was used was to end the war. "Everybody wanted to end the war, was the main reason."

Old Asia-Pacific maps from IJA archives are going online for modern use, such as studying changes in forest cover or the growth of cities, a Japanese researcher said Friday.

Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, commander of Japanese forces during the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima, wrote an article criticizing the Imperial Japanese Army's strict discipline and calling for military reform, it has been learned.

Venezuela President Hugo Chaves is calling for a U.S. apology to Japan for nuking them.

The US is “the planet's number one nuclear power. It is also the only country in the world that dropped the atomic bomb,” Chavez said.

“At any rate, I think America should apologize to Japan."