Chiran, now part of this city, hosted an Imperial Japanese Army base that pilots used. Kuwashiro, then a teenager, revered them like gods. She could hardly control her emotions when she thought ...

Imperial Japan’s most iconic piece of military hardware ... was typically fatal. Namely, American pilots adopted the habit of descending downward upon Zeros, in a high-speed run, during which ...

Toshio Asakawa, 84, a farmer in Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, has an old diary, photos and letters in his home from his deceased uncle Matayuki, who served as a pilot in the Imperial Japanese Army.