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Veteran interred on sunken ship

Los Angeles"•With speeches and salutes, veterans and officials on Saturday commemorated the 78th anniversary of the 1941 sneak attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor,...

Japanese invasion remembered

Long before World War II broke out in the Philippines on Dec. 8,  1941, Japan had already an elaborate preparation by posting an advance...

Pope Francis to spread anti-nuclear message to Japan

Tokyo—Pope Francis arrives in Japan on Saturday, where he is expected to deliver a robust anti-nuclear message of peace in the only country to...

Comfort women

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Hidden Spanish relic gets reboot

Vaulted ceilings and rows of stone columns stretch into the humid darkness deep below the Philippine capital, where workers are transforming a more-than-century-old underground...

WWII movie defeats competition in box office battle

Midway, a new take on the pivotal naval battle between the US and Japan in the Pacific during World War II, opened atop the...

Japan festival under fire for dropping ‘comfort women’ film

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Tales of bravery at 75th Leyte rites

Palo, Leyte"•The commemoration of the 75th Leyte Gulf Landings on Sunday highlighted the gallantry of the World War II heroes that led to the...

Leyte landing grand rites set in Palo

All is set for the grand celebration of the 75th anniversary of the historic Leyte Landing on Sunday by Gen. Douglas McArthur that liberated...

5 reasons to visit Corregidor

Corregidor is often, if always, associated with images of old canons, hero statues, and war remnants. But the historical island makes a case for...

PVAO to correct ‘erroneous Yamashita surrender’ story

Baguio City—The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office wants erroneous entries on the supposed “surrender” of Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita corrected, using an original document from...

South Korea begins annual war games

Seoul"•South Korea Sunday began two days of war games to practice defending disputed islands off its east coast against an unlikely attack from Japan,...

Japan’s new emperor speaks of ‘deep remorse’

Tokyo"•Japan’s new emperor spoke Thursday of “deep remorse” over the country’s wartime past in his first speech to commemorate the end of World War...

South Korea imposes new controls on exports to Japan

Seoul"•South Korea on Monday put Japan into its own new export category, intensifying trade war between the two neighbors and US allies. The move came...
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