The U.S. bombing campaign that targeted Japan’s cities in 1945 produced staggering civilian casualties. Military planners concluded that such destruction was necessary to end the war.

ON her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned ...

Source: The Center of the Tokyo Raid and War Damages/Tokyo Fire Museum. Used with permission. Translation: "If the war continues the result will be destruction of the homeland of Japan.

Bereaved families and others held a memorial ceremony in Tokyo on Thursday to read out the names of victims of U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital during World War II 80 years ago. Some 80 ...

U.S. air raids continued against Japan until the day of its surrender in the Pacific War because Tokyo was reluctant to accept the Potsdam Declaration over the emperor’s status, according to ...