Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit set off ...

The remains of some 1,400 people sit in storage for possible identification with DNA testing. So far just six have been identified and returned to their families.

NAHA–Almost 80 years later ... The relics are grim remnants of the vast tunnel network dug by the Imperial Japanese Army under Shuri-jo castle before the fierce Battle of Okinawa in 1945.

Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa’s jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the ...

Recently discovered images of prewar life in Naha not only depict ordinary folk ... that became Okinawa Prefecture in 1879 when the Japanese government incorporated the southernmost islands.

Naha, he would go out hunting bugs and find skulls still wearing helmets. Nearly 80 years after the end of World War II, 1.2 million Japanese war dead are still unaccounted for. That’s about ...

Naha, he would go out hunting bugs and find skulls still wearing helmets. Nearly 80 years after the end of World War II, 1.2 million Japanese war dead are still unaccounted for. That’s about ...

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch 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 ...

Naha, he would go out hunting bugs and find skulls still wearing helmets. Nearly 80 years after the end of World War II, 1.2 million Japanese war dead are still unaccounted for. That’s about ...