TOKYO – Okinawa commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of one of World War II’s deadliest battles on Monday, pledging ...

ITOMAN, Japan — "Money should be spent on rice, not missiles," Kunio Aragaki, a resident in Okinawa, told Xinhua News Agency ...

Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago.

The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...

In a rare move, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba visited the Himeyuri-no-to memorial here on June 23 as part of events marking ...

More than 4,000 people on Monday filled an Okinawa park to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's final WWII battle.

People in Japan are marking 80 years since the end of the Battle of Okinawa, a campaign of fierce ground fighting during the ...

The Japanese archipelago of Okinawa on Monday commemorated the 80th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles of World War ...

As dusk settled over the USS New Mexico, Radioman 1st Class Walter Rougeux, stationed deep in the battleship’s communications ...

Trekking through mud and rocks in Japan's humid Okinawan jungle, Takamatsu Gushiken reached a slope of ground where human ...

The Battle of Okinawa ended 80 years ago, and many residents are still desperately looking for relatives who died. Newsroom ...

A group of special operations vets retrace the Battle of Okinawa, following in the footsteps of the forefathers of today’s Navy SEALs.