A new mass of land was recently formed off the shores of Japan after an explosive underwater volcano activated at the end of October, according to researchers from the University of Tokyo. The ...

The new island that emerged after an underwater volcanic eruption off Japan's Iwo Jima seen from space A newborn island that recently emerged from the Pacific Ocean after an underwater volcanic ...

TOKYO Japan has returned to using the prewar name for the island of Iwo Jima site of one of World War II's most horrific battles at the urging of its original inhabitants, who want to reclaim an ...

Landsat-9 saw the island that formed off the coast in a volcanic eruption at the end of Oct. 30. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

An underwater volcano that recently gave birth to a new island in the Pacific has erupted again, sending plumes of ash and smoke into the sky, footage released by the Japan Coast Guard shows. The ...

One of World War II's most famous and lasting images is the photograph of U.S. Marines raising a flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. Thousands of Americans died to gain control of this tiny island.

TOKYO -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday praised American-Japanese friendship and trust while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War ...

A 103-year-old Navy veteran in Rock Island was there when one of the most iconic World War II photos was taken. "I saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima," Henry Diedrich recalled of that February morning in ...

An underwater volcano that gave birth to a new island off Japan's Iwo Jima island has erupted again, sending huge plumes of ash and smoke into the sky in footage released by Japan's Coast Guard. When ...