Russia's invasion of Ukraine takes Yasuhiko Ito back to after World War II, when the former Soviet Union took him — a disarmed soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army — to what is now Bakhmut for forced labor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/japan/history/japanese-internee-in-ukraine-after-wwii/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #russia #ukraine #forcedlabor #imperialjapanesearmy

The U.S. says China is intentionally mischaracterizing World War II-era documents to put pressure on and isolate Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/asia-pacific/politics/us-china-wwii-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #taiwan #us #wwii

As he opened the 40th National Cultural Festival and the 25th National Arts and Culture Festival for Persons with Disabilities, Emperor Naruhito expressed hopes the events will spark the creation of new culture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/imperial-couple-attend-national-cultural-festivals-in-nagasaki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #imperialcouple #nagasaki #wwii #atomicbombings

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, have begun a trip to Nagasaki Prefecture, mainly to mourn victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city of Nagasaki in World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/japan/imperial-family-nagasaki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan#emperornaruhito #empressmasako#imperialfamily #nagasaki #wwii #atomicbombings #us

A civic group has called on the government to conduct DNA examinations on some human bones recovered recently from a western Japan undersea mine where fatal flooding occurred during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/dna-analysis-sought-for-bones-from-undersea-mine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #choseimine #yamaguchi #japanesepolice #genetics

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba might release his message commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II during a U.N. General Assembly session set for this month, a government official said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/japan/politics/ishiba-wwll-message-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #un #wwii

Eighty years after the end of the Pacific War, the stories of Higashihiroshima's sake breweries reveal how a local craft was buffeted by wartime economic controls and offer reflections on the meaning of peace today. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/08/japan/japan-wwii-economic-controls-hiroshima-sake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #higashihiroshima #wwii #sake #alcohol

China’s diplomatic moves echo Japan’s 1943 Greater East Asia Conference, as Xi Jinping showcases military power, courts authoritarian allies and promotes a global governance agenda while challenging Western influence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/04/world/time-to-divide-the-dictators/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #northkorea #russia #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #kimjongun #vladimirputin #pla #defense #usmilitary #wwii

China’s massive Beijing parade showcased military power, historical revisionism and calls for a new world order, signaling Xi Jinping’s ambition to elevate China’s global leadership. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/09/05/china-looks-the-past-to-signal-its-future/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #china #northkorea #russia #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #kimjongun #vladimirputin #pla #defense #usmilitary #wwii

China’s extravagant military parade on Wednesday sent a clear signal: Beijing possesses the firepower, partnerships and ambition to mold a new world order — one it aims to dominate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/04/world/china-parade-shows-who-is-calling-the-shots/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #northkorea #russia #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #kimjongun #vladimirputin #pla #defense #usmilitary #taiwan #wwii

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II, the U.S. government sent those of Japanese ancestry to internment camps in remote areas. Eighty years later, many see troubling echoes of that time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/japan/wwii-japanese-americans-internment-history/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #japaneseamericans #internment #discrimination

Japanese high school students advocating for the abolition of nuclear weapons presented 110,000 signatures for world peace to the United Nations during a trip to Geneva on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/students-signatures-peace-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #un#highschools #nuclearweapons #wwii #atomicbombings

Some local governments in Japan are turning to the hometown donation program to solicit contributions for projects aimed at passing down memories of World War II to future generations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/hometown-donations-used-to-preserve-wartime-memories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #localgovernment #taxes #furusatonozei #museums

Faced with aging operators and financial strains, some privately run World War II museums in Japan have decided to close, prompting experts to warn that valuable wartime documents and artifacts could be lost. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/private-war-museums-face-challenges-to-survive/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #imperialjapanesearmy #museums

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is believed to be eager to release an official message commemorating the end of World War II but has refrained from doing so, as his administration remains on shaky ground. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/ishiba-still-seeking-to-express-view-on-wwii/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #shigeruishiba #ldp

The Indian delegation to a summit in Shanghai this week is not attending a military parade in Beijing on Wednesday, which India regards as an event marking China's victory over Japan in World War II, sources say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/politics/indio-sco-china-parade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #china #india #us #tariffs #wwii

As the number of World War II survivors continue to shrink with the passage of time, young activists in Japan are working to preserve their memories to pass on to future generations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/war-experience-storyteller/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #students

The Soviet Union sinking of three Japanese ships near Hokkaido a week after World War II ended was a brutal final act made all the more significant because of one of history's greatest "what if" questions surrounding it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/hokkaido-invasion-soviet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #sovietunion #wwii#rumoi #us

The eldest daughter of a Japanese war orphan left behind in China at the end of World War II and repatriated decades later has opened a nursing car facility that provides support in Chinese. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/japan-aging-left-behind-war-orphans/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #chinajapanrelations #elderly #aging#nursingcare

Eighty years on, the Occupation remains one of history’s unlikeliest success stories. The story of one couple demonstrates how enemies could eventually become family. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/history/wwii-occupation-couples-ghq/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #occupation #ghq #us #douglasmacarthur #usmilitary