All the open spaces around the great naval airfield at Surabaya, Java, are set with bamboo stakes, about waist high, their tops whittled razor-sharp. A visiting journalist recently asked what they ...

FAMILY JAPANESE IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED TO US ON ENTERING THE CONCENTRATION CAMP. My experiences in Japanese Concentration Camps on Java, Indonesia (former Dutch East Indies) 1941 — 1945 J.E.H.

A new book by a World War II veteran has shed light on a little-known postscript to the conflict in the Far East—and one that was officially denied by the UK government of the day. "Parachute Doctor: ...

Japan, a country “synonymous with technical revolution,” was recently given a first-hand look at some of the new Java Card technologies, including the Next Generation Java Card. The first ever Java ...

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JAKARTA -- The Japanese government on Monday signed a 118.9 billion yen ($1 billion) loan to Indonesia for the construction of a new sea port in West Java that is expected to boost the manufacturing ...

JAKARTA -- Three Japanese and two Indonesian companies are set to win a $1.2 billion contract to build a port in West Java, Indonesia's Ministry of Transportation said Sunday, as the country looks to ...

Japanese contractors have picked up two prime contracts for phase one of Indonesian state-owned Perusahaan Gas Negara's (PGN) South Sumatra-to-Java (SSWJ1) gas pipeline project. JFE Engineering, a ...