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Last Japanese soldier to surrender 29 years after WW2 ended | Hiroo Onoda's 1974 surrender

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese empire capitulated after the United States threw atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...
The Diplomat

80 Years After WW2, Japan Again Finds Itself in Uncharted Waters

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru (center) walks with U.S. President Donald Trump (right) during a visit to the White House, Feb. 7, 2025. Credit: Prime Minister’s Office of Japan August is a ...
Time

How Japan’s Outgoing Leader Could Break From Tradition in Talking About World War II

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba bows to the crowd after giving a speech during the 80th anniversary ceremony of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on ...
Boston Herald

Japan and China commemorate World War II anniversary on different dates

BENXI, China (AP) — Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Today in History: November ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Murayama, known for apology over wartime aggression, dies at 101

Japan’s former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, who was known for his 1995 “Murayama statement” apologizing to Asian victims of his country’s aggression, died Friday. He was 101. Murayama died at a ...
Stars and Stripes

Japan asks other countries to avoid WWII anniversary events in China, report says

TOKYO — The Japanese government is appealing to countries in Asia and Europe to skip ceremonies in China next month commemorating the end of World War II, local media reported Sunday. “Japan conveyed ...