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South Korean President Moon Jae-in has proposed setting up an "East Asian Railroad Community" that includes the U.S. and North Korea as he seeks to tamp down rising tensions between the two adversaries. Moon — who plans to visit Pyongyang next month for his third ...
Japanese city turns to digitalization to keep World War II memories alive
Mitaka Municipal Government tied up with Yahoo Japan Corp. to create the Digital Peace Museum, featuring videos of survivors recounting daily lives during the war and experiences on the battlefield.
Famed 'Death Railway' stirs Thai debate on UNESCO World Heritage application
As Thailand pushes for a notorious railway built by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II to become a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, local residents are debating whether its widely known nickname, the "Death Railway," should be used in the campaign. The debate ...
Yokohama kin to receive fallen soldier's second wartime Hinomaru after receiving first flag in 2016
Relatives of fallen soldier Masamoto Abe will soon receive a second wartime Hinomaru, which were typically signed by friends and family and carried into battle by Japanese troops during the war. The flag has been mailed from Astoria, Oregon, to Abe's kin in Yokohama. In April, ...
Wreck of only U.S. ship sunk in battle in America during WWII is found off Alaska
Daryl Weathers remembers trying to pull men from the sea off Alaska's Aleutian Islands after a U.S. Navy destroyer hit a mine left by the Japanese following the only World War II battle fought on North American soil. The explosion, which ripped the stern off ...
Nancy Kragh grew up without her father, who was among 400 prisoners of war killed when a ship taking them from the Philippines to Japan was bombed. On Wednesday, she and other family members of prisoners on that ship dedicated a memorial stone to their ...
Survivor of newly found WWII shipwreck off Alaska: 'So many' to rescue
Daryl Weathers remembers trying to pull men from the sea off Alaska's Aleutian Islands after a U.S. Navy destroyer hit a mine left by the Japanese following the only World War II battle fought on North American soil. The explosion, which ripped the stern off ...
Japanese remember the fallen and pray for a peaceful future on WWII anniversary
On the 73rd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II on Wednesday, people across the nation remembered the country's past and expressed hopes that memories of the war will not be forgotten. At the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo, visitors spoke of their aspirations ...
Abe forgoes Yasukuni visit on anniversary of WWII surrender, sends ritual donation instead
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe skipped a visit to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Wednesday, the 73rd anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II in 1945. Abe has not visited the shrine for six consecutive years on Aug. 15, one of the most emotional and ...
North Korea marks war anniversary in low-key fashion ahead of anniversary extravaganza next month
North Korea marked the anniversary of the end of World War II and its liberation from Japanese colonial rule with a series of ceremonies ahead of what is expected to be a much bigger event next month — the 70th anniversary of its national ...
Photographer using project to pass on experiences of A-bomb survivors through family portraits
A 36-year-old female photographer is passing on the stories of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by taking family photos of third-generation survivors. Since 2015, Hiroshima resident Hiroko Doune has photographed over 70 families with third-generation hibakusha, whose grandparents were survivors of ...
2,000 people evacuated as three WWII bombs are removed from Baltic Sea resort in Poland
More than 2,000 people were evacuated Monday while Polish navy experts removed three World War II bombs from the Baltic Sea bed at the vacation resort of Kolobrzeg. The spokesman for the local navy unit, Jacek Kwiatkowski, said the bombs were hoisted out of the ...
