In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and nights, but a decision…
This story provides background information and depicts a pivotal battle in Japanese history. It took place at Sekigahara, in 1600 when Tokugawa Ieyasu’s Army of the East beat the Army…
When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation….