Takamori Saigo (1828-1877), the leader of the Satsuma Rebellion, launched an all-out assault on Kumamoto Castle that was being defended by the Imperial Japanese Army.

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He could beat good poker players, good bridge players and win at Go, the ancient East Asian strategic ... thousands of Oahu residents of Japanese descent. An Army officer would say afterward ...

On April 11, 1945, a Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball during the ...

The U.S. Navy can learn much from the Russo-Japanese War—and from dueling interpretations of that conflict by naval theorists ...

Vaughn P. Drake Jr., who at 106 was believed to be the oldest surviving veteran of the 1941 Japanese surprise attack on ...

The missions became more intense as Japan's outlook grew more dire and the military showcased the sacrifice of the pilots to drum up patriotism and support for the war. Those who failed to take ...

The condition of the fossil made it impossible to study ancient DNA. But recently, scientists in Taiwan, Japan and Denmark were able to extract some protein sequences from the incomplete jawbone.

Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest legacy would be what happened after the war. 80 years after Iwo Jima, his ...

A Chinese analyst warned that the US deployment of drones and more weapons in Japan is part of constructing a military encirclement of China, which could destabilize the region. MQ-4C Triton ...

The third shell was found Feb. 8 and removed March 25 from a site near an elementary school in the Ozato district of Nanjo ...