Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! National Archives curator Jessie Kratz gave C-SPAN's American History TV an exclusive look at the Japanese Instrument of Surrender that secured an ...

TOKYO — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about how the ...

TOKYO -- Japan paid tribute Friday to nearly 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World War II 80 years ago, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of 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) ...

BENXI, China (AP) -- Eighty years after the end of World War II, Japan and China are marking the anniversary with major events, but on different dates and in different ways. Japan remembers the ...

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, ...

Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its World War II surrender Friday with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressing "remorse" over its role, using the term in official commemorations for the first ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan paid tribute Friday to more than 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World War II 80 years ago, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of ...