An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan has a long history of emigration. Today, around 420,000 Okinawans and their descendants, are living around the world. This report highlights the journey of a third ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...

the US military spouse and US Department of Defense school teacher curates the Okinawa Battle Sites Facebook page. The rear of her Subaru station wagon is part war history library, part hiking and ...

The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California, will host a special "Hangar Talk" event on April 5, 2025, featuring a ...

The Battle of Okinawa began late March and was the only ... after holding hearings with former residents to document its history. What emerged from his research was the immense suffering of ...

Takamatsu Gushiken leaves a cave after a session of searching for the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa ...

With curators from mainland Japan, Taiwan and Okinawa, the festival was anchored by works from those three regions, with the ...

Rieko Tamaki, 90, a resident of Naha, still remembers the final moments of her then 14-year-old brother's life during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. "He died in agony, crying out, ‘Give me water.’ ...

A soroban “allows students to see and manipulate a physical representation of abstract numbers,” according to The Japan ...

An Okinawa Prefecture island where mass suicides took place during World War II held a memorial ceremony on March 26, the ...