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80th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender

Adm. Samuel Paparo, chief of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, makes a speech during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the signing of the document marking Japan's surrender in World War II, held on the pier next to the battleship Missouri in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Sept. 2, 2025. The signing took place on the deck of Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, with Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme commander of the Allied Powers, in attendance.

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80th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender

A ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the signing of a document marking Japan's surrender in World War II is held on the pier next to the battleship Missouri in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Sept. 2, 2025. The signing took place on the deck of the Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, with Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme commander of the Allied Powers, attending.

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US: Pileup Involving 17 Vehicles Shuts Down I-94 In Southwest Michigan

A multiple-vehicle crash shut down I-94 in both directions near Hartford in Van Buren County, Michigan, on Monday, December 2. Michigan State Police reported that one person was critically injured, and they believed driving too fast under whiteout conditions to be a factor in the crash.

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Tacloban people protest over disaster support

TACLOBAN, Philippines - Some 200 residents protest over the unsatisfactory support for people affected by Typhoon Haiyan in front of the Leyte Provincial Capitol building in Tacloban City, the Philippines, on Nov. 6, 2014. A relief depicting the historic landing of U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Leyte during World War II (back R) is seen.

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Philippines marks 70th anniversary of MacArthur's landing

PALO, Philippines - Filipinos take pictures on Oct. 20, 2014, in front of the bronze statues of U.S. Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur and other officials in Palo, the Philippines, to mark the 70th anniversary of the landing on Leyte Island of MacArthur. It marked the start of the Philippines' liberation from Japanese forces during World War II.

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Ceremony marks 70th anniv. of WWII 'Leyte Landing'

PALO, Philippines - A man (extreme R), acting as Gen. Douglas MacArthur, delivers a speech in Palo on the Philippine island of Leyte on Oct. 20, 2014, at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the "Leyte Landing" during World War II that freed the country from Japanese occupation in 1941. On the far left are effigies at the MacArthur Landing Memorial Park.

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Japan mulled possessing nuke weapons in 1958

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows (from L) former Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Hisanari Yamada and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Douglas MacArthur II. Japanese officials in 1958 discussed an option for the country to possess ''defensive'' nuclear weapons as protection against the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and conveyed those talks to the United States, declassified U.S. archives showed March 16, 2013. That year, MacArthur told a meeting with U.S. defense and state department officials that then Japanese Prime Minister Kishi believed it was ''essential'' for Japan to have nuclear arsenals and Yamada, then Japan's vice foreign minister, told the envoy that Japanese Foreign Ministry officials discussed whether Tokyo should study and reach a decision on acquiring defensive nuclear weapons.

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MacArthur feared postwar 'economic aggression' by Japan

GENEVA, Switzerland - A Swiss document obtained by Kyodo News indicates Gen. Douglas MacArthur worried Japan would wage a ''new economic aggression'' after World War II. MacArthur stressed to a Swiss minister in Tokyo that labor unions had to be developed in Japan to counter the perceived threat. The document, a cable from the Swiss minister to the Swiss Foreign Ministry, is dated Oct. 5, 1945.

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U.S., Japan trades secret notes on nuke arms in 1960

TOKYO, Japan - Japan and the United States exchanged secret minutes on talks about the entry of nuclear weapons into Japan the day a final agreement was reached on the Japan-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty in 1960, various U.S. diplomatic records show. The photo shows U.S. Ambassador to Japan Douglas MacArthur II and Japanese Foreign Minister Aiichiro Fujiyama shaking hands on Jan. 6, 1960, the day they exchanged the ''classified record of discussion,'' whose actual contents remain secret to this day.

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MacArthur feared postwar 'economic aggression' by Japan

GENEVA, Switzerland - A Swiss document obtained by Kyodo News indicates Gen. Douglas MacArthur worried Japan would wage a ''new economic aggression'' after World War II. MacArthur stressed to a Swiss minister in Tokyo that labor unions had to be developed in Japan to counter the perceived threat. The document, a cable from the Swiss minister to the Swiss Foreign Ministry, is dated Oct. 5, 1945.

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WW2 - MacArthur vows to return to the Philippines

WW2 American Officer Douglas MacArthur who left the Philippines on 11th March 1942, vowing en "I came through and I shall return." - he fulfilled his promise, re-capturing the Philippines from the Japanese in March 1945 Date: circa 1943

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Philippines marks 70th anniversary of MacArthur's landing

PALO, Philippines - Filipinos take pictures on Oct. 20, 2014, in front of the bronze statues of U.S. Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur and other officials in Palo, the Philippines, to mark the 70th anniversary of the landing on Leyte Island of MacArthur. It marked the start of the Philippines' liberation from Japanese forces during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Ceremony marks 70th anniv. of WWII 'Leyte Landing'

PALO, Philippines - A man (extreme R), acting as Gen. Douglas MacArthur, delivers a speech in Palo on the Philippine island of Leyte on Oct. 20, 2014, at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the "Leyte Landing" during World War II that freed the country from Japanese occupation in 1941. On the far left are effigies at the MacArthur Landing Memorial Park. (Kyodo)

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U.S., Japan trades secret notes on nuke arms in 1960

TOKYO, Japan - Japan and the United States exchanged secret minutes on talks about the entry of nuclear weapons into Japan the day a final agreement was reached on the Japan-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty in 1960, various U.S. diplomatic records show. The photo shows U.S. Ambassador to Japan Douglas MacArthur II and Japanese Foreign Minister Aiichiro Fujiyama shaking hands on Jan. 6, 1960, the day they exchanged the ''classified record of discussion,'' whose actual contents remain secret to this day.