Japanese invasion forces, crossing the Java sea and fighting off heavy Allied air attacks, effected three landings on the north coast of Java Sunday.

On February 27, 1942, as the Japanese prepared for the invasion of Java Island after a long streak of victories, the Allied ...

The Museum of the Imperial Palace of Manchukuo in Changchun, Jilin province, released a set of newly published academic research books on Monday titled Secret Photos of Japan During the War of ...

Japan: 2nd and 4th Destroyer Flotillas and 5th Cruiser Squadron. Outcome: A Japanese naval victory that enabled the invasion of Java.

Last Sunday, a movie channel reran, perhaps for about the 10th time, “Roaring Currents,” a 2014 film on how Admiral Yi Sun-sin rescued the Joseon Kingdom from Japanese invasion (1592-98). With ...

Not only did the Japanese army condemn the plan, but the navy general staff also deprecated it, unable to spare the million tonnes of shipping the invasion would have consumed.