Japanese American Interned During World War II Receives Congressional Honor Despite spending three years in an internment camp, Raymond Setsuda served during the Korean War. More than 70 years later...
Japan Deploys Its First Long-Range Missiles Japan's first long-range missile was deployed at a southwestern army camp, officials said, as the country pushes to bolster...
Surprise, Embarrassment, Unease in Japan After Trump Uses Pearl Harbor to Defend Iran War It's a reflection of just how fresh the political debate about Japan's role in World War II remains here, even 80 years after...
Japan's Takaichi Tries to Reaffirm Alliance with Trump as He Seeks Help Securing Strait of Hormuz Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sought to reaffirm her alliance with President Donald Trump after the president this...
Exhibit Honors Japanese Americans Who Fought for US in WWII While Their Families Were Locked Up A new traveling exhibit tells the story of Japanese American soldiers who fought for the U.S. in World War II, even as their...
Kuribayashi, Nishi and the Japanese Troops Who Chose Death Over Surrender at Iwo Jima Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrived on Iwo Jima in June 1944. Over the next eight months, he built one of the most...
What the Next Round of US–Japan Base Negotiations Could Mean for Troops and Families in 2026 US Japan base negotiations ahead of the 2026 cost-sharing deadline will shape force posture, Okinawa realignment, and daily...
Trump Taps New Marine Commander for Key US Force in Japan Lt. Gen. Benjamin Watson has been tasked to lead the Marine Corps’ only permanently forward-deployed force in Japan, placing...
Japanese American Soldiers Once Branded 'Enemy Aliens' Promoted Posthumously Seven Japanese American soldiers were promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony, eight decades after they died fighting...
North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles into Sea Between Korean Peninsula and Japan North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, according to its neighbors, as the North...
Army Expands Combat Patch Eligibility as Modern Deployments Redefine Combat Service The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
![WWII Japanese American Exhibit](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-03/ApNewsroom_WWII_Japanese_American_Exhibit_12259.jpg?itok=DfAr1ess "Rosalyn Tonai, Executive Director at the National Japanese American Historical Society, walks through the "I am an American: The Nisei Soldier Experience" exhibit during an interview at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)")
