A Northwest Indiana woman is waiting for the release of her son, who is locked up halfway across the world for a crime he ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Emperor Naruhito said Wednesday that he will honor thousands of Japanese prisoners of World War II who were held under harsh conditions in Mongolia when he visits the country next ...

Joseph Burke died in 1945 as a prisoner on a Japanese ship attacked by American forces near what is now Taiwan.

Shoppers walk through Tokyo's Sunshine City commercial complex, built on the site of the former Sugamo Prison where Japanese ...

ENID, Okla. — An Oklahoma woman held prisoner by the Japanese during the World War II occupation of the Philippines will discuss her experiences at an event at Public Library of Enid and Garfield ...

Japan executes first three prisoners since 2010Japan has hanged three death row inmates in its first executions since July 2010. Reports said the unnamed prisoners, hanged in separate prisons, had all ...