Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago. In the face of growing global tensions, its governor pledged to keep ...

U.S. troops landed on the main Okinawa island on April 1, 1945, beginning a battle in their push toward mainland Japan. The Battle of Okinawa lasted nearly three months, killing some 200,000 ...

A ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker is under fire for describing a memorial dedicated to female student nurses who were killed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa as “terrible” and ...

TOKYO (AP) — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the ... A recent explosion at a storage site at a U.S. military base caused minor ...

TOKYO (AP) — Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island. With global tensions escalating, its governor said on ...