The Ki-27 was a single-seater, highly maneuverable, fixed-gear airplane, but it was no match for the Flying Tigers. When one thinks of Imperial Japan’s World War II fighter planes, the... The Zero ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel that called for an end to the country's male-only imperial succession rule. The unusual ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: One of the most infantry-heavy armies of World War II was the Imperial Japanese Army. Although the country itself is today synonymous with innovation, the infantry ...

The Imperial House of Japan is not a normal family. It is the oldest existing hereditary monarchy in the world, a mysterious clan descended from the gods of Japanese mythology. The family is also ...

Hideki Tojo takes the stand for the first time in Tokyo in 1947 - Hulton In March 1943, on the island of New Guinea, a young Australian pilot was put on a truck by his Japanese captors. It was ...

As in ancient Rome, where the adoption of a male heir in favour of a female successor was common, Japan is likely to rely on adoption to preserve the male line of succession to the Chrysanthemum ...