TOKYO – A postcard that a Japanese soldier mailed from a Southeast Asian battlefront during World War II has reached a recipient in Japan 64 years later. Shizuo Nagano, an 80-year-old retiree in Japan ...

When we compare the postcards of Korea and Japan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, we are often drawn to the differences of not only the subjects but also their colorization. Postcards of ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. These hand-tinted Japanese ...

A postcard mailed by a Japanese soldier from a World War II battlefield in Burma has reached his friend 64 years after it was sent, thanks to a Japanese exchange student and the family of a former US ...