While atomic bomb survivors warn the catastrophic risks, leaders of nuclear-armed states and self-proclaimed 'realists' argue ...

Part of the Axis powers alongside Germany and Italy, Japan officially surrendered on August 15, 1945, just months after VE ...

Even after the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was not universally expected that Japan would ...

Friday was the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito’s announcement of Japan’s World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about how the war ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - On August 15, 1945, the world celebrated victory over Japan and the end of World War II after two atomic ...

Victory over Japan Day is marked each year on 15 August - the date in 1945 when Japan surrendered to the Allied forces and World War Two ended.

VJ Day, which ended “humanity’s darkest hour”, should never be forgotten. The lessons that it has to teach us are more ...

In July, a few days after the centenary of Frantz Fanon’s birth, I had lunch with his daughter, Mireille Fanon Mendès-France.

The Emperor reiterated his strong desire to pass down memories of World War II in his address at the annual memorial ceremony ...

Eighty years ago, on August 6th, 1945, an event took place that stands out as one of the most important events in the annals of the 20th century, if not all of history. One man who lived most of his l ...

Britain's King Charles has referred to the victims of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in a message marking ...