Sept. 2 marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's formal World War II surrender. The capitulation was by design forceful and imposing, an absolutely made for Hollywood event — as in Hollywood documentary ...

Karin Tanabe and Victoria Kelly explore the ramifications of atomic bombings on Japan in their documentary, "Atomic Echoes," streaming on PBS. (Beatrice Becette for Blue Chalk Media) Michas Ohnstad ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is paying tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending World War II, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of the ...

TOKYO — As Japan's defeat marking the end of WWII nears its 80th anniversary, and some events fade from living memory, history is hardly consigned to books. It lives on in unhealed wounds, ...

Japan’s ministers bow during a memorial service marking the 80th anniversary of Japan’s World War II defeat at the Nippon Budokan hall Friday in Tokyo. Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, bottom, ...

As Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru prepares for the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II this August, the United States must, for the first time, fully recognize and respond to the ...

Visitors dressed up line up to offer prayers at the Yasukuni Shrine on the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte) TOKYO (AP) ...

Japan WWII Anniversary Guests queue to attend a memorial service marking the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II defeat, at the Nippon Budokan hall Friday, Aug ...