S. Korea considers plan to pay reparations to WWII forced labor victims instead of Japan

Despite initial demands for Japanese reparations, South Korea has proposed a plan to compensate Koreans who were victims of forced labo...

Antioch mayor apologizes to Chinese American Navy veteran for discrimination 82 years ago

Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe has officially apologized to Alfred Chan, a 98-year-old World War II Navy veteran who experienced discrimination...

Soil from 75 former Japanese American WWII incarceration sites collected for memorial

Ceramic pieces to be made from soil collected from the 75 Japanese incarceration camps across the U.S. were presented at the National Monum...

Complete list of WWII Japanese internees unveiled in LA weighs 25 pounds

This year marks the 80th anniversary of former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s authorization of Executive Order 9066 in February 194...

San Diego officially apologizes for supporting Japanese American incarceration during WWII

The San Diego City Council officially apologized to the Japanese American community and passed a resolution that rescinded Resolution 76068...

Japanese American National Museum premieres cancer-battling director’s film on pains of WWII incarceration camps

Written and directed by Paul Daisuke Goodman, “No No Girl” centers on a Japanese American family uncovering their forgotten history in the ...

PM Kishida vows Japan will never again wage war as China, S. Korea condemn visits to Yasukuni Shrine

During a ceremony on Monday for the 77th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to “nev...

Japan payment of less than $1 to Korean WWII victims for forced labor draws outrage

A civic group in South Korea has denounced the less- than- one- dollar pension payment from the Japanese government to victims of forced la...

UK government admits to forcibly deporting Chinese sailors who served the nation in WWII

An investigation conducted by the United Kingdom's Home Office revealed that Chinese sailors who served in the British Merchant Navy d...

Families of 11 Filipino WWII vets receive Congressional Gold Medal after 76-year wait for recognition

The names of 11 Filipino World War II veterans were read and recognized at a ceremony held at the Filipino Community Center in Honolulu on ...

Lone Chinese American Ranger who stormed Omaha on D-Day to receive second Congressional Gold Medal

Former Private 1st Class Randall Ching, who was part of the famed 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion that stormed the Omaha Beach during the Bat...

Statue of comfort girl in hanbok scheduled to reappear in Tokyo despite previous backlash

The “After ‘freedom of expression?’” exhibition, which seeks to address Japan’s history of censorship, will restage the same comfort woman ...

50 Chinese American WWII vets receive the Congressional Gold Medal in Philadelphia

The United States Congress has officially awarded 50 Chinese American World War II veterans in Philadelphia with the Congressional Gold Meda...

Chinese American congressional gold medal awardee Fred Cheong Lee dies at 96

A Chinese American WWII army veteran, who received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2019, recently passed away after succumbing to prostate c...

Axis Abroad, Racism at Home: The Enemies Japanese American Soldiers Faced in WWII

The U.S. Postal Service is releasing a new stamp in honor of Japanese American soldiers who served during World War II — an army of 33...

20,000 Chinese American WWII Veterans Awarded With Congressional Gold Medal

The estimated 20,000 Chinese Americans who fought under the American flag during World War II have been recently given official recognition ...

98-Year-Old Asian American WWII Veteran Awarded the Congressional Gold Medal

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to report that the Congressional Gold Medal has yet to be given to Joe Chew at an officia...

Filipinos Protected Holocaust Survivors During WWII When No One Else Would

A new documentary, “The Last Manilaners,” sheds light on the story of the last living Holocaust survivors who fled to the Philippines during...