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Feature
Tearful WWII vet says on his 100th birthday that current state of America is ‘not what they died for’
On his 100th birthday, World War II veteran Carl Dekel lamented the current state of America in an emotional interview with Fox13. The Sil...
Ryan General
Japan
Emperor Naruhito conveys ‘deep remorse’ for Japan’s actions in 76th anniversary of WWII surrender, still no apology
Japanese Emperor Naruhito expressed “deep remorse” for Japan’s atrocities in World War II on Sunday, which marked the 76th anniversary of th...
Carl Samson
News
George Takei to Star in Horror Show About Concentration Camps During WWII
AMC‘s horror anthology series “The Terror” is set to return for a second season starring veteran actor George Takei. The show, which featur...
Asia
How A Japanese Soldier Survived For 27 Years Hiding Alone in a Cave After WWII
Shoichi Yokoi, former lance corporal in the Japanese Army during World War II, was discovered in 1972, hiding in the jungles of Guam in an u...
Jin Hyun
Nanjing Massacre Survivor Who Had The Most Epic Escape From Japanese Soldiers Dies at 94
Li Gaoshan, one of the few survivors of the gruesome Nanjing (Nanking) Massacre that lasted for six weeks in 1937, has died in his home. New...
Bryan Ke
South Korea Enrages Japan After Passing Bill Establishing ‘Comfort Women Day’
The South Korean parliament passed a bill declaring August 14 as the day to commemorate Korean women who were forced into sexual enslavement...
Filipino WWII Veterans Finally Receive Their Congressional Gold Medals After 75 Years
In honor of their service in the U.S. military, Filipino World War II veterans received the Congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday. The Medal...
Uncategorized
The Most Decorated Military Unit in U.S. History Was an All-Asian American Battalion
It is a fact of history that the most decorated unit in American warfare was composed of Asian Americans. They are the Nisei — second-genera...
Civil Rights
George Takei Fights County for Closing Off Former Japanese Concentration Camp From His Childhood
A coalition, which aims to preserve the historical integrity of the site of a World War II concentration camp in California where Japanese A...
China’s Biggest Tech Company Sparks Outrage After Making Memes of WWII Sex Slaves
A social media platform owned by Tencent, China’s largest social network and online entertainment firm, has drawn public outrage after creat...
Chinese Men Posing as Japanese WWII Soldiers Get Mobbed by 300 Angry Locals
After posing as Japanese WWII soldiers outside a train station, two Chinese men found themselves at home surrounded by about 300 locals thre...
Last ‘Comfort Woman’ in China Who Sued the Japanese Government Dies at Age 90
China’s last surviving “comfort woman” who sued the Japanese government for her sexual enslavement during the second world war h...
WWII South Korean Sex Slaves Sue the Government to Make Japan Apologize
The South Korean “comfort” women who were victims of sexual slavery during World War II have collectively rejected the payments ...
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