Pope Leo XIV is marking his first 100 days in office, showing a mix of continuity with and change from Pope Francis' papacy.

Part of the Axis powers alongside Germany and Italy, Japan officially surrendered on August 15, 1945, just months after VE Day in May 1945. While those celebrations marked the end of the war in Europe ...

Friday is 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 ...

In Japan, an organization is planning how to help ensure the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings are remembered for thousands of ...

Guest columnist Jane Yoder-Short asks, Can we see through the eyes of those fearful of being bombed, thanks to our tax ...

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.

My unanswered question is not did the Japanese “deserve” the bombing, but rather, with the history we now have, “could we ...

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 ...

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

Eighty years after Japan's surrender ended World War Two in Asia, Malaysia must guard its hard-won independence whilst ...

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