On September 2, 1945, a signing ceremony was held on the USS Missouri, just off the coast of Tokyo, Japan, to declare the ...

Wednesday is the anniversary of the formal Sept. 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the United States, when documents were ...

A 100-year-old Second World War veteran from Cheshire who witnessed the official ceremony marking Japan's surrender has spoken of his memories 80 years on from the end of the conflict. Reg Draper was ...

TOKYO — Japan paid tribute Friday to more than 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World War II 80 years ago, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of the ...

TOKYO -- Japan paid tribute Friday to nearly 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World War II 80 years ago, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - At a ceremony at the Statehouse on Tuesday to remember the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender, the only Midlands World War II veteran in attendance shared his memories. The ...

In a ceremony at Pearl Harbor, where Imperial Japan’s surprise Dec. 7, 1941, attack drew the United States into World War II, a crowd gathered Tuesday on the pier beside the battleship USS Missouri — ...