Japan's Emperor Naruhito said Wednesday that he will honor thousands of Japanese prisoners of World War II who were held under harsh conditions in Mongolia when he visits the country next week.

In a small urban park in Taiwan, more than 4,000 names are etched into a granite wall -- most of them British and American servicemen held by the Japanese during World War II. The sombre memorial sits ...

ENID, Okla. — One of the facts often overlooked in stories about World War II is that there were about 5,000 American civilians in the Philippines who were imprisoned when the Japanese took over the ...

Dozens of relatives of former Dutch prisoners of war who died, suffered abuses and starvation while being held in one of Japan's largest wartime prison camps in Nagasaki, gathered at a former campsite ...

A man walks past the names of prisoners of war etched into granite at the Taiwan POW Memorial and Peace Park - Copyright AFP I-Hwa Cheng A man walks past the names of ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito said Wednesday that he will honor thousands of Japanese prisoners of World War II who were held under harsh conditions in Mongolia when he visits the country next ...