BB-56 had been assigned to a small American force, which included her sister ship, the USS South Dakota (BB-57), and four US Navy destroyers. Together, these warships intercepted a Japanese ...

The USS Edsall—or the “dancing mouse,” as her brutal Japanese opponents dubbed her—exemplified the very best that the US Navy has to offer.

The Japan News Fumi Takahashi talks about the Yokosuka bombing and the battleship Nagato at her home in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture on June 16. By Futoshi Mori / Japan News Senior Writer 13:47 JST, ...

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The interim facility in the Aomori Prefecture city will store spent fuel from nuclear plants operated by Tepco and Japan Atomic Power for up to 50 years.

In February 1942, when the evacuation vessel Vyner Brooke was sunk off the coast of Sumatra, survivors who had fled Singapore just before the island surrendered to Japanese forces, struggled ...

The Russian battleship Potemkin became famous 120 years ago on this day when her crew mutinied against its officers. Here is a quiz on the same.

‘Akira’ Rights Up for Grabs as Japanese Sci-Fi Leaves Warner Bros. (Exclusive) After 20 years, a dozen creatives attached and millions spent on development, Warners is moving on from the ...

Japan on Friday executed a man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.

After five grueling years of war in the Pacific, the battered Japanese battleship Nagato stood ready outside Yokosuka, her massive 16-inch guns aimed seaward as the last bastion against the ...

Takahiro Shiraishi was put to death on Friday, eight years after body parts were found in coolers at his home outside Tokyo. It was Japan’s first execution in years.