The discovery of Nazi documents in a basement archive of Argentina's Supreme Court has revived an uncomfortable subject for a country notorious for giving refuge to dozens of Nazi war criminals after World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/nazi-document-argentina/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #argentina #germany #wwii
Content creators, often based in South Asia, are churning out AI-generated posts for money, targeting Westerners' emotional reactions to the Holocaust. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/world/society/holocaust-ai-fakes-alarm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #holocaust #ai #deepfakes #socialmedia #misinformation #wwii #genocide
A 92-year-old man who was inspired as a boy by a WWII-era commando has come to question Japan's wartime actions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/japan/history/giretsu-kuteitai-airborne-unit-wwii/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #kumamoto #okinawa #fukuoka #wwii #giretsukuteitai #imperialjapanesearmy #usmilitary
A total of 124 countries and regions, as well as the European Union, are currently scheduled to attend the Aug. 6 peace memorial ceremony in Hiroshima this year, the city has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/japan/hiroshima-peace-ceremony-attendees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #anniversaries #wwii #history #nuclearweapons
Japan's Crown Prince Akishino and his family visited a photo exhibition in Tokyo on the U.S. atomic bombing of the city of Hiroshima 80 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/crown-prince-a-bomb-photo-exhibition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan#imperialfamily #photography #atomicbombings #hiroshima #wwii
Taiwan's government said it is happy Nagasaki will let it send attendees for the first time to the peace ceremony on Aug. 9, the anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/japan/taiwan-nagasaki-peace-ceremony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taiwanjapanrelations #taiwan #nagasaki #atomicbombings #wwii #hiroshima
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Tuesday laid flowers at a cenotaph in Ulaanbaatar for Japanese nationals who died in detention in Mongolia in the aftermath of World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/japan/imperial-couple-mourn-japanese-in-mongolia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan#imperialfamily #mongoliajapanrelations #mongolia #wwii#emperornaruhito #empressmasako
Even after 80 years, 107-year-old Shuzo Yamada can recall his internment experience in Mongolia after World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/06/japan/history/memory-detention-mongolia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #mongolia#emperornaruhito #empressmasako #shuzoyamada #china #russia
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Emperor Naruhito said Wednesday he will mourn Japanese people who were detained by the former Soviet Union after World War II and died in Mongolia during his upcoming visit to the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/japan/japan-emperor-to-mourn-wwii-dead-in-mongolia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan#emperornaruhito #empressmasako #mongoliajapanrelations #wwii
A total of 13 Japanese war-related facilities have unveiled initiatives to preserve and pass on wartime memories to younger generations to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/japan/war-memorials-unite/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii
Ahead of the 80th anniversary next month, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons launched an online memorial for children who died in the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/online-memorial-nagasaki-hiroshima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nobelprize #ican #us #wwii #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #wardead #nagasaki #hiroshima
U.S. President Donald Trump compared the impact of American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites to the end of World War II on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/world/politics/us-iran-hiroshima-trump-intelligence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #hiroshima #nagasaki #nuclearweapons #us #donaldtrump #iran #wwii
Japan is boosting its Self-Defense Forces' presence in Okinawa Prefecture amid China's increasing military activities, sparking concerns among locals and across the political spectrum. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/25/japan/sdf-war-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #sdf #wwii #china #taiwan #defenseministry #defense
Yoshiko Goya, 88, has never forgetten the days when she desperately tried to flee the ravages of war with her family and relatives during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/japan/society/okinawa-wartime-memories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #wwii #okinawa #battleofokinawa
Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa on Monday, one of the final land battles of World War II, with solemn reflections on the sacrifices made by the island’s residents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/japan/history/okinawa-80th/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #battleofokinawa #dennytamaki #shigeruishiba #futenma #henoko
At 16, Yoshimitsu Zukeyama was selected for a suicide squad tasked with crawling under American tanks and detonating explosives during World War II. "I knew then I’d be making my parents cry,” he recalled. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/japan/battle-of-okinawa-boy-soldier/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #battleofokinawa #children