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A wreath lies in front of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall during an event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Taipei on Aug. 16.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 15, 2025
U.S. says China spreading 'false' WWII narratives to pressure Taiwan
The 80th anniversary of the war's end has been marked by a bitter dispute between Taipei and Beijing on its broader historical meaning and relevance today.
Emperor Naruhito delivers his address at the opening ceremony of the 40th National Cultural Festival and the 25th National Arts and Culture Festival for Persons with Disabilities, as Empress Masako looks on, in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2025
Emperor and empress attend opening ceremony of national cultural festivals
Emperor Naruhito expressed hopes that the events "will lead to the vitality needed to create new culture."
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a monument marking the hypocenter of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in Nagasaki Peace Park on Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2025
Emperor Naruhito and family pay their respects in Nagasaki
The family is slated to meet with people living in a special elderly nursing home for atomic bomb survivors on Saturday.
A soldier on a tank waves an Israeli flag amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas near the Israel-Gaza border in January 2024. 
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2025
War responsibility across borders and generations
The Asia-Pacific War is often remembered for the culpability of leaders, but this overlooks the multitudes who filled the ranks below.
Yoko Inoue (third from right), co-head of a civic group working to recover the remains of victims of a fatal 1942 accident at the Chosei coal mine in Yamaguchi Prefecture, calls on the government to conduct DNA examinations on human bones recovered recently from the mine, in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2025
DNA analysis sought for bones recovered from western Japan undersea mine
The Chosei coal mine in Yamaguchi Prefecture experienced a fatal flooding in 1942, which caused the deaths of 47 Japanese workers and 136 from the Korean Peninsula.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called for reviewing the circumstances that led to World War II to prevent its recurrence.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 9, 2025
Ishiba could release World War II message at U.N.
The prime minister has strongly called for reviewing the circumstances that led to World War II to prevent a recurrence of its horrors.
Haruhiko Oyama, a descendant of the Yamatohana Jozo brewery's founder, talks about the family business at the brewer’s original site, which is now used as a restaurant and rental venue.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Sep 8, 2025
Sake brewing in Hiroshima felt the pinch of wartime economic controls
During World War II, the government pushed breweries into mergers or closures to redirect resources toward munitions.
China’s massive parade in Beijing on Wednesday showcased military power, historical revisionism and calls for a new world order, signaling Xi Jinping’s ambition to elevate China’s global leadership.
EDITORIALS
Sep 5, 2025
China looks to the past to signal its future
At last weekend’s SCO summit, Xi urged members to oppose hegemonism and embrace true multilateralism.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un view a military parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Wednesday, marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2025
Divide the dictators, President Trump — don’t unite them
Xi's objectives here are clear: first, to elevate China's national prestige; second, to strengthen alliances among authoritarian leaders; and third, to rewrite history.
The remains of a barrack at the former Minidoka camp in southern Idaho where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 4, 2025
Have the lessons of WWII internment gone unheeded in U.S.?
Eighty years after the end of World War II, many see troubling echoes of when the U.S. forcibly sent approximately 120,000 people of Japanese descent to internment camps.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends a military parade in Beijing on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2025
China’s military parade shows who’s calling the shots
Beijing is sending a signal on defense modernization and international clout.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 3, 2025
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned in a speech that the world is facing a choice of war or peace, as his country marked 80 years since Japan’s defeat in World War II.
YJ-19 hypersonic anti-ship missiles are displayed in Beijing on Wednesday during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 3, 2025
At parade, China shows off powerful new weaponry to keep rivals at bay
From hypersonic “carrier killer” missiles to new fifth-generation fighter jets, Wednesday’s military spectacle highlighted Beijing’s growing prowess.
A revamped 3D diorama of the Chiran airfield and its surroundings is displayed at the Chiran Peace Museum in Minamikyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture, on July 31.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2025
Hometown donations program used to help preserve wartime memories in Japan
Initiatives are under way in some regions to keep the tragic history of World War II from fading by using digital technology to renovate exhibition facilities.
Japanese high school students submitted about 110,000 signatures for world peace to United Nations officials at the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2025
Japanese students present 110,000 signatures for peace to U.N.
The students, who advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons, presented the signatures during a visit to the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva.
Jikai Taketomi, director of a private war museum in Kotake, Fukuoka Prefecture, talks about exhibited documents to visitors on July 25.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2025
Private World War II museums in Japan struggle to survive
Experts warn valuable wartime documents and artifacts could be scattered or lost to the public if such museums end up closing their doors.
With his administration still on shaky ground, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has yet to release a message commemorating the end of World War II as he seeks the best timing to do so.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2025
Ishiba still seeking best timing to express view on war's end
The prime minister's reluctance comes as his administration remains on shaky ground within the Liberal Democratic Party.
Members of the Indian delegation, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi (third from left), attend a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin, China, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 2, 2025
Indian delegation to Shanghai summit will give China's parade a miss
Indian government sources say India regards the military parade as an event marking China's victory over Japan in World War II, and that it has no intention of hurting Tokyo.
Tokyo District Court has ordered a former employee of NHK to pay ¥11 million for unscripted remarks during a Chinese-language radio program aired in August last year.
JAPAN / Media
Sep 2, 2025
Chinese ex-staffer ordered to pay NHK ¥11 million over unscripted radio remarks
At Tokyo District Court, Presiding Judge Kenta Adachi stated that the irregular remarks interfered with NHK's international broadcasting operations and harmed its credibility.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

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