A two-minute silence and special ceremony are being held for Victory over Japan Day to mark the end of World War Two in the ...

In an audio message to the nation, realms and Commonwealth, the King spoke of the horrors faced by allied prisoners of war ...

For pacifists, the answer is clear: since any deliberate killing is wrong, the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945 was wrong about two hundred thousand times over ...

How can we celebrate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, knowing that victory was bought by the dropping of atomic bombs? For ...

Mr Hilling, who joined the RAF in April 1944 before being transferred to the Army and serving in India in 1945 before his ...

COMMENTARY: On the 80th anniversary of the Allies’ victory over Japan in World War II, it is essential that we look at our ...

Japan on Friday is marking the surrender announcement by then-Emperor Hirohito 80 years ago at the end of World War II ...

This year, the sanitized appeals to peace, hope, and resilience in memory of the catastrophe have become increasingly hollow.

With China as its new rival, America is reviving old wartime facilities across the Pacific. Tinian once allowed its bombers ...

This week in Japan is Obon, the millennia-old festival based on the traditional belief that the spirits of the ancestors ...

As the number of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors decreases, Japan's Legacy Successor Programme trains volunteers ...