Marilyn Anderson, director of Upland’s Cooper Museum, and board member John Hart look over a yosegaki hinomaru flag in 2017 after it had been found in storage at the museum along with a photo of ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A small wooden tablet that belonged to a Japanese soldier killed during the Battle of Iwo Jima was returned to his family in December thanks to the efforts of a Texas-based ...

A rare collection of World War II-era relics from the late Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) grandfather is up for auction this week that pulls back the curtain on America’s view of the Japanese enemy at the ...

Pandemic stay-at-home orders gave lots of households extra time for spring cleaning. Some people rediscovered World War II artifacts -- including inscribed Japanese flags taken as souvenirs by ...

GIBSONBURG – A chunk of burnt metal, a signed Japanese flag, a book about conversion to Christianity and a rubber personal floatation device may not seem to have much in common. Yet they are all part ...