Around 700 Japanese peacekeepers will eventually be based in East Timor in what will be Japan's largest peacekeeping effort. The rest of the contingent will arrive in the next three to four weeks.

The first contingent of 24 Japanese military engineers arrived in East Timor yesterday amid protests over Japan's brutal occupation of the island in World War II. The battalion, which will ...

Gusmao spent much of occupation either in jail or on the run, often hiding with guerrilla fighters in East Timor's mountainous terrain, while Ramos-Horta lived in exile, campaigning for independence.

For some Malaysians who suffered atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers during World War II, 60 years is long enough to bear a pain forgiveness can heal. Now in the twilight years of their life, ...

Twelve hours after the Japanese bombed Darwin, they landed 5,000 troops on the island of Timor. The Australian commandos, who were already in Timor based in the mountains outside Dili, had no idea ...

The Japanese Occupation, under the broad vision and adminstration of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, is described in the following article by his Public Information Officer, Brigadier ...