And more importantly, the tour also motivated local residents to purchase tens of thousands of dollars of war bonds and stamps to help the government fight the Axis powers in World War II.

The chief characters of the climactic scenes were Hideki (“The Razor”) Tojo ... of the world two years after the end of World War II eloquently tells how important these barriers ...

In 1941, during World War II, American forces on Wake Island surrendered to Japanese forces. In 1948, former Japanese Premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed in Tokyo.

Here’s an anecdote for you: when asked what the decisive ingredients of U.S. victory in the Pacific War had been, wartime Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo picked three: U.S. island-hopping ...

Even 75 years later, Yoneko Uehara can still hear her classmate disobeying an official's order to kill herself while facing enemy forces near the end of World War II. The student, whom she ...

In 1941, during World War II, American forces on Wake Island surrendered to Japanese forces. In 1948, former Japanese Premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed in Tokyo. In ...

In 1948, former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were hanged in Tokyo under sentence of the Allied War Crimes Commission. In 1972, a series of earthquakes killed about ...

File Photo courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library In 1948, former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were hanged in Tokyo under sentence of the Allied War Crimes Commission.

In 1947, the transistor was invented, leading to a revolution in communications and electronics. In 1948, former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were hanged in Tokyo ...