A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...

The Japanese Army was well aware of the significance of Malaya and began planning for an invasion in October 1940. It launched this operation with landings on the north-eastern coast of Malaya, at ...

KYOTO--“Sen,” meaning “war,” is the kanji of the year for 2022, the Kyoto-based Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation announced Dec. 12. Seihan Mori, chief abbot of the renowned ...

The weather-beaten flag bears the names of men who ... after the fall of the Bataan Peninsula when World War II remained in its infancy. The Japanese flag once flew at Fukuoka 17, a prisoner ...

The 11 skills challenges are worth three points apiece for a total of 33 available. Points from the flag football game on Sunday will be added to Thursday's score to determine the winner between ...

For the first time, Dubai-based art writers, students and the art-loving public had the opportunity to understand the arts better by writing about it and through critical and insightful ...

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WASHINGTON — It’s time to take pride in the American flag again, President Trump’s State Department said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday banned flying any other flags ...

Never in the history of the country has the death of a president not been acknowledged by a 30-day half-staff flag status throughout the entire country, even during the inauguration of another ...

An aquarium in Japan is using cardboard cutouts of visitors to cheer up its lonely resident sunfish, who stopped eating after the building closed to real-life visitors. Kaikyokan Aquarium in ...