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Politics Popular Articles Japan’s PM Takaichi Seeks to Advance Policies Bearing Her Own ‘Color,’ Eyes Amending Constitution, Building Strong Economy Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made clear at the Liberal Democratic Party convention on Sunday her... April 14, 2026 Japan’s PM Urges Constitution Revision Discussions to Be Sped Up, Shows Favor for Male Adoption for Imperial Succession Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed her intention to accelerate discussions on revising the C... April 14, 2026 Govt to Tighten Controls over Weapons after Export with New Rules, Aims to Prevent Leaking to Third Parties The government intends to tighten the management of weapons after export by adopting the revised ... April 16, 2026 Tokyo Sees 1st Increase in Japanese Births in 10 Years; Koike Credits Rise to City Government’s Support Measures The number of Japanese babies born in Tokyo from January through November of 2025 rose 0.7% year-... April 13, 2026 Japan-U.S. Agreement on Futenma Air Station Land Return Reached 30 Years Ago; Legal Battles Contributed to Long Delays April 12 marks 30 years since the Japanese and U.S. governments reached an agreement on the full ... April 11, 2026 Politics & Government Imperial Household Agency Presses for ‘Urgent’ Debate to Stabilize Succession The Imperial Household Agency is showing a growing sense of urgency regarding discussions on stab... April 17, 2026 Japan’s Lower House Speaker Seeks to Pass Revision to Imperial House Law As Cross-Party Discussions Held House of Representatives Speaker Eisuke Mori on Wednesday expressed his intention to pass a bill ... April 16, 2026 Counseling for Domestic Violence May Be Expanded to Japanese Nationals Living Abroad in Asia The domestic violence counseling system for Japanese nationals living abroad may soon cover a lar... April 16, 2026 CRA Compiles Draft Review of Lower House Election, Notes Insufficient Time to Prepare for Campaigning The Centrist Reform Alliance has released its draft review of February’s House of Representatives... April 15, 2026 Japan Pledges $10 Billion to Protect Medical Supply Chains, Will Help Southeast Asian Nations Secure Crude Oil Japan will provide a total of $10 billion (about ¥1.6 trillion) to help maintain the supply syste... April 15, 2026 Defense & Security Japan, EU Set to Hold First Defense Industry Dialogue, Private-Sector Initiative Aims to Strengthen Business Foundations BRUSSELS – Japan and the European Union will hold their first defen...
World War II - Costs, Impact, Legacy | Britannica
Killed, wounded, prisoners, or missing The statistics on World War II casualties are inexact. Only for the United States and the British Commonwealth can official figures showing killed, wounded, prisoners or missing for the armed forces be cited with any degree of assurance. For most other nations, only estimates of varying reliability exist. Statistical accounting broke down in both Allied and Axis nations when whole armies were surrendered or dispersed. Guerrilla warfare, changes in international boundaries, and mass shifts in population vastly complicated postwar efforts to arrive at accurate figures even for the total dead from all causes. News • Sinking of MV Wilhelm Gustloff: World War II's deadliest ship disasterThe Soviet sinking of MV Wilhelm Gustloff in January 1945, one of the greatest maritime disasters in history.See all videos for this articleCivilian deaths from land battles, aerial bombardment, political and racial executions, war-induced disease and famine, and the sinking of ships probably exceeded battle casualties. These civilian deaths are even more difficult to determine, yet they must be counted in any comparative evaluation of national losses. There are no reliable figures for the casualties of the Soviet Union and China, the two countries in which casualties were undoubtedly greatest. Mainly for this reason, estimates of total dead in World War II vary anywhere from 35,000,000 to 60,000,000—a statistical difference of no small import. Few have ventured even to try to calculate the total number of persons who were wounded or permanently disabled. However inexact many of the figures, their main import is clear. The heaviest proportionate human losses occurred in eastern Europe where Poland lost perhaps 20 percent of its prewar population, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union around 10 percent. German losses, of which the greater proportion occurred on the Eastern Front, were only slightly less severe. The nations of western Europe, however great their suffering from occupation, escaped with manpower losses that were hardly comparable with those of World War I. In East Asia, the victims of famine and pestilence in China are to be numbered in the millions, in addition to other millions of both soldiers and civilians who perished in battle and bombardment. The table contains what appear to be the best available statistics on armed forces casualties of all types resulting from battle, of civilian deaths from war-related causes, and estimat...
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U.N. Panel Urges Japan to Revise Imperial Succession Rules
The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Tuesday recommended that Japan revise its Imperial House Law to ensure gender equality. In its concluding observation of a periodic review of the Asian country, the panel also urged Japan to implement a law revision toward introducing a selective dual surname system for married couples. The committee said the Imperial ...
