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 ...

TOKYO — 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 the ...

At the Museum of Veterans in Vilonia, there is a framed copy of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. It was a donation to the museum by an old sailor who was there for the proceedings some 80 years ...

A World War Two veteran who witnessed the official ceremony marking Japan's surrender has spoken of his memories, 80 years on from the end of the conflict. Reg Draper, 100, was a stores assistant on ...

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, ...

The aftermath of the Second World War was incredibly chaotic and missing Japanese soldiers that turned up years later weren’t ...

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) ...