A family in Massachusetts was recently going through their late father's belongings when they came across a trove of Japanese ...

Whereas various theories abound about the actual origin of the martial art, many schools have since ... were destroyed by fire in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa,” Oshiro said. Oshiro once traveled ...

Eighty years ago, on April 1, a Sunday in 1945, seven troop divisions, four Army, three Marine, landed on the beaches of ...

During the Battle of Okinawa, civilians were caught between 2 major military forces, each determined to fight to the end. More than 120,000 civilians were killed. After the battle, Okinawa served ...