Obon is a summertime ritual when Japanese people welcome ancestors' spirits home from the Buddhist Pure Land. The people of Nagasaki have a distinctive way to commemorate this. They light ...

McCollum, 71, explained that his late father was a Marine who brought the flag to the US from Okinawa. Obon Society was able to track down Kodama. And in December, McCollum and his family came to ...

The Obon Society, an Oregon-based nonprofit that helps U.S. veterans and their families return old war trophies such as flags and swords, along with the Japan Bereaved Families Association ...