While up to his eyeballs in Avatar sequels, James Cameron made a deathbed promise to Tsutomu Yamaguchi (one of the survivors of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb blast) that he will tell the ...

Opinion: 80 years later, there is no certainty another approach would have abruptly ended hostilities and spared substantial ...

Stationed in Lithuania, Chiune Sugihara granted transit visas that allowed holders to escape Europe and travel through Japan ...

Eighty years ago today a great international conference was happening that indelibly shaped the world to come. Let’s take a ...

The brutal authoritarian rule of colonial Japan is not forgotten by a gracious older woman who was a pioneering actress in ...

The Space Race is history. Now, the US is racing China over AI, laying out its strategy in a combative new action plan.

From tracking mountain gorillas in Uganda to sailing along Italy’s legendary Amalfi Coast, USTOA member tours bring the world ...

Manhattan Project National Historical Park, with sites in three time zones, tells the complex story of the making of the ...

As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. “Never die for Emperor or country,” one advised.

A nostalgic, slow-travel journey around Taiwan via its conventional rail network reveals fading towns, cultural landmarks, and resilient communities, offering a glimpse into the island’s evolving ...

There’s lots to explore in the Green Flag and Green Heritage award-winning park, including a playground, rose gardens and ...

Time has stood still on the sixth floor of the Dai-Ichi Life building across the moat from Tokyo's Imperial Palace. Behind heavy wooden doors lies an office, preserved since 1945, that houses the desk ...