After Okinawa, the United States prepared Operation Downfall, a two-phase invasion of mainland Japan expected to become the ...

Recently, the US, Japan, and the Philippines held the Salaknib joint military exercises. This marks the first time Japanese ...

The Indonesian and Australian militaries began joint combat drills off Indonesia’s main island of Java on Wednesday with ...

In early 1942, a small Allied garrison known as Sparrow Force suddenly found itself facing a massive Japanese invasion of Timor. Cut off from major support and surrounded by enemy forces, Australian ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore is ready to enter a new chapter in its relations with Japan, as it deepens ties and cooperation with Northeast Asian partners China and South Korea, Senior Minister of State for ...

Four years after Russia invaded Ukraine with its full might, how has the war changed its various protagonists? It’s a question worth asking, even with no immediate end to the conflict in sight. To ...

On 8 December 1941, Japanese troops landed in northern Malaya marking the start of the second world war in the Pacific. Invasion forces moved quickly down the British colony – which is now called ...

Floodlights shine over the graves of fallen soldiers as people lit candles on the eve of the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, in Lviv, Ukraine, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys) ...

Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong posted on social media on Sunday that the day marked Singapore's Total Defence Day, which also commemorates the fall of Singapore to Japanese forces in 1942, ...

Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi said Tokyo would not shy away from a conflict with China over Taiwan, outlining how the country could respond to such a crisis. Ms Takaichi appeared to walk back ...

All the open spaces around the great naval airfield at Surabaya, Java, are set with bamboo stakes, about waist high, their tops whittled razor-sharp. A visiting journalist recently asked what they ...

A Ukrainian who fled his homeland following Russia's full-scale invasion has become the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship in Japan. Danilo Yavhushyshyn, who now competes ...