Russia and Japan have yet to sign a formal peace treaty to end World War II. Why? A small archipelago stretching between the ...

On Dec. 10, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to win a Nobel Prize, winning the Nobel Peace Prize ...

In the 1930s, both the US and Japan thought war was inevitable, but despite warnings, Americans didn't believe the Japanese could strike Pearl Harbor ...

On the tenth anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death, Prime Minister Gunnar Knudsen of Norway and the four other members of the ...

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In that sense, west Kern oil was not only a significant chess piece in the buildup to and outcome of World War II, it was ...

The engagement, which ended in a US victory, saw the Japanese suffer even more war dead, with that total estimated at over 12,000. Just 450 survived. Of the deceased, 2,400 have yet to have their ...

U.S. naval intelligence was aware of Japan’s defensive outlook and had come to accept it as absolute ... Communications ...

In many world history curricula, the study of modern Japan moves from the Meiji Restoration (1868) directly to the beginnings of World War II. If time allows, a quick overview of the Sino-Japanese and ...

Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Japan's Nihon Hidankyo on Tuesday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Japanese survivors of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japanese cities to end World War II.