A 100-year-old Second World War 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 was a stores ...

Japan and China are marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with major events on different dates. Japan holds a solemn ceremony on August 15, the ...

RI is the only state to celebrate Victory Day, which recognizes the end of WWII in 1945 with the surrender of Japan on August ...

Monday marks a holiday that Rhode Island, alone amongst all 50 states, recognizes as official- Victory Day, also commonly referred to as Victory over Japan Day or V-J Day.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Like Del’s Lemonade or the Gaspee parade, Victory Day is one of the Ocean State’s unique summertime ...

Rhode Island is the only state to celebrate Victory Day, which recognizes the end of World War II with the surrender of Japan on Aug. 14, 1945.

In Rhode Island, one of the strongest and most robust sister-city relationships has been built between the port cities of Newport and Shimoda, Japan.

Rhode Island observes Victory Day on the second Monday of August, commemorating the end of World War II. The holiday has faced criticism for focusing on Japan's surrender and the atomic bombings, ...

Now I came back here as a player of [Liverpool]. It was a dream-come-true moment.” Wataru Endo may not be Liverpool’s flashiest name, but in Japan, he is a beacon of what’s possible — proof that ...

A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia's Kuril Islands and Japan's large northern island of Hokkaido.