Across the globe, their missions are called kamikaze, but in Japan they are better known as "tokko," which means "special attack." The pilots flew hastily constructed planes and even ...

Internationally their missions are called kamikaze, but in Japan they are better known as “tokko,” which means “special attack.” The pilots flew hastily constructed planes and even ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa.

Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a naval captain ordered a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot who died slamming his fighter plane into the American vessel. ...