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

ITOMAN, Okinawa Prefecture—A search of a cave here uncovered the bones of six adults and two children who likely died during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. The bones were collected in late February ...

The Lower Plaza Housing Area at Camp Foster, also known as Camp Zukeran, covers 23 hectares and straddles Kita-Nakagusuku and the city of Okinawa. The site is scheduled to be returned to Japan as ...

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

In fact, Okinawa has only seen snow twice as far as ... Here, you'll find six sites called "sanctuaries", where the founding god of the Ryukyu islands is worshipped. The most eye-opening site ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific. The United States needed a base to stage an invasion of mainland Japan. The island of Okinawa was the ...

training site on a former golf course in the city of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture. This was a natural step. The people of Okinawa were being asked to bear another burden, and consideration toward ...

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 ...

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headlamp and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the skulls ...