A Northwest Indiana woman is waiting for the release of her son, who is locked up halfway across the world for a crime he ...

Joseph Burke died in 1945 as a prisoner on a Japanese ship attacked by American forces near what is now Taiwan.

In early 1945, as World War II ground toward its final months, residents of southwest Iowa learned that a new group of prisoners would soon arrive. Japanese soldiers, captured overseas, were being ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Emperor Naruhito said Wednesday that he will honor thousands of Japanese prisoners of World War II who were held under harsh conditions in Mongolia when he visits the country next ...

Editor's Note: KING 5's Lori Matsukawa originally reported on the impact of Japanese internment leading up to the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which was February 19, 2017. One year later, ...

TOKYO -- Japan executes mentally ill prisoners, some of whom are driven insane by harsh treatment while on death row, according to a report issued today by Amnesty International. Prisoners given the ...