An analysis method has found that remains collected in Okinawa last year may be those of an American. The southern Japanese ...

The American Heritage Museum in Hudson will host a World War II Pacific Theater reenactment on July 12 and July 13.

Japan recently marked 80 years since the end of the Battle of Okinawa, the final and bloodiest ground battle of World War II ...

Japan recently marked 80 years since the end of the Battle of Okinawa, the final and bloodiest ground battle of World War II in the Pacific. A memorial ceremony was held on June 23 at Mabuni Hill in ...

Japan recently marked 80 years since the end of the Battle of Okinawa, the final and bloodiest ground battle of World War II in the Pacific. A memorial ceremony was held on June 23 at Mabuni Hill ...

ITOMAN, Japan — "Money should be spent on rice, not missiles," Kunio Aragaki, a resident in Okinawa, told Xinhua News Agency on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa ...

While Okinawa is now a popular beach getaway, its jungles have preserved the scars of combat from March to June 1945. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

We must never forget the history of forcing a tremendous sacrifice upon Okinawa residents due to the gruesome ground battle waged in the final phases of World War II.

TOKYO -- Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island.

Okinawa on Monday pledged to preserve and pass on the lessons of history at a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the end of a fierce World War II ground battle between Japan and the United ...