Oysters are big in the Hiroshima/Miyajima area. In fact, Hiroshima Prefecture accounts for the majority of Japan’s oyster ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese ordnance disposal experts plan to defuse two suspected World War II-era bombs found last ...

The United States was dragged unwillingly into World War II by the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, ...

In March 1945, U.S. Army Air Forces intensified their strategic bombing campaign over Japan. Instead of flying high-altitude ...

For decades, Americans have been able to keep a comfortable distance from the disturbing visuals captured after the dropping ...

Water quality in Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture of Japan, has long been plagued by pollution of military bases ...

Nuclear weapons, he noted, have only been used twice, both against Japan. The Manhattan Project that developed the bomb was ...

Japan launched the Kirameki 3 communications satellite for defense purposes early Monday with the fourth flight of the H3 rocket. The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) H3 rocket lifted ...

Since its detonation in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the nuclear bomb has become the most powerful deterrent that ...

Our Japan Autumn Leaves Forecast includes a map of Japan with estimated peak foliage times according ... comprises five prefectures, including Hiroshima and Okayama. Notable places for autumn leaves ...

At 8:15 a.m.—as survivors still remember—came a flash of light, followed by a shock wave that blew people and buildings apart ...