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Japan’s own ‘Pearl Harbor’ was the original target for U.S. Nukes

The Truk Atoll, now known as the Chuuk Lagoon, lies about 900 miles northeast of the main island of Papua New Guinea and 3,500 miles southeast of Hawaii. Japan used the atoll to help double its ...
Stars and Stripes

Ceremony in Japan remembers US airmen executed in WWII — and those who carried it out

FUKUOKA, Japan — Nearly 80 years after they were captured and killed in the final days of World War II, dozens of U.S. airmen were honored Friday with a solemn ceremony that also reckoned with the ...
Today I Found Out on MSN

How a Forgotten Uprising Pushed Japan Toward World War II

Before Pearl Harbor, before full-scale war, Japan experienced a political crisis that changed everything. This documentary uncovers the forgotten event that shifted the nation from fragile democracy ...
The National Interest

The Post-War US-Japan Relationship Turns 80

Eight decades since the end of the Second World War, the US-Japan alliance continues to evolve beyond its Cold War foundations. On September 2, 1945, on the deck of USS Missouri, Imperial Japan ...
CNN

Pilots take off on friendship flight to commemorate 80th anniversary of atomic bombings of Japan

As they fly wing to wing over a vital spot in the development of the atomic bomb, a native of Japan and a former US military officer hope their friendship outshines the horror of the blasts that took ...