The Mainichi Shimbun answers common questions readers may have about the air raids conducted by the United States across Japan during World War II, as Japan marks 80 years since the attacks.

Opinion: American warplanes could be kept from joining the fray of a conflict with China for days or weeks, analysts have concluded.

Both South Korea and Japan scrambled fighter jets in response ... Russia is keen to publicize these joint air patrols and has ...

Photos published by the U.S. Navy showed the USS Carl Vinson is deployed with six additional F-35C stealth fighter jets.

Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing ... to decide whether to formulate a declaration of war only against Japan, or against Germany and Italy as well.

Chinese missile attacks on Air Force runways at bases in the Indo-Pacific region would severely limit U.S. military power in ...

American and Japanese carriers fought a two-day sea and air battle off the coast of Saipan. It would go down as one of the biggest carrier battles of World War II. Japan lost three aircraft ...

More than eight decades ago, naval and air forces from Japan plunged the U.S. into World War II when they attacked the naval station at Pearl Harbor and air bases in the Hawaiian island.

The Pearl Harbor attack sparked outrage across the U.S. and led the nation to enter World War II, declaring war on the Empire ...