On the night of March 9, 1945, the skies above Tokyo filled with the thunder of hundreds of American B-29 bombers. Instead of precision strikes against factories, the mission called for something far ...

Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko were among mourners marking the 81st anniversary of the Great Tokyo Air Raid, ...

TOKYO (AP) — More than 100,000 people were killed in a single night 80 years ago Monday in the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo, the Japanese capital. The attack, made with conventional bombs, destroyed ...

On March 9, 1945, the U.S. launched the deadliest air raid in history on Tokyo. 81 years later, most Americans still don't know it happened.

Even 80 years after the end of World War II, relief for air raid victims in Japan has not been realized. Politicians must ...

A service was held in Tokyo to mark the 81st anniversary of a massive US air raid during World War Two. The predawn attack by US B-29 bombers on March 10, 1945, devastated residential areas in the ...

Japan on Tuesday marked the 81st anniversary of the massive U.S. air raid on Tokyo during World War II that is believed to have killed about 100,000 people. A memorial service for victims of the ...

A memorial service for the victims of the massive U.S. air raid in Tokyo during World War II, which is said to have killed about 100,000 people overnight, was held in Tokyo on Monday, a day before the ...

The B-25 medium bomber was one of America's most famous airplanes of World War II. It was the type used by Lt. Col. James "Jimmy" Doolittle for the Tokyo Raid on April 18, 1942. Subsequently, it saw ...