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Francis Jackson was told he likely wouldn’t survive the attack on Iwo Jima as Marines prepared for one of World War II’s bloodiest battles.

As the threat from North Korea's missiles grows, so the calls in Japan for a stronger military response are getting louder.

The Air Force began the deployment of its “meanest, toughest, most tactical machine” — the C-130J Super Hercules — to western Tokyo on Monday.

Three people were killed and two children were seriously injured when a vehicle plunged from the fifth story of a parking garage across the street from Yokosuka Naval Base.

Thanks to Hollywood, the world knows the story of the Monuments Men. However, few know that on the other side of the world, much of the same was done to preserve Asian art, monuments and history against bombing and attacks during the war.

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Hundreds of cat lovers of all ages donned faux fur and painted whiskers on their faces for the annual Bakeneko festival Sunday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to Japan will include “full-scale negotiations” to resolve the countries’ border dispute by 2018, a Japanese foreign policy expert says.

It was not immediately clear whether the Chinese would take him up on the offer. Japan last docked a naval vessel in China in 2011.

Japan Air Self-Defense Force jets scrambled Sunday to intercept eight Chinese military aircraft flying between Okinawa’s main island and Miyako Island as Beijing flexed its muscles in the region again.