Dozens of times a year, Rebun Kayo takes a ferry to a small island across from the port of Hiroshima in search of the remains ...

Okinawa commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa with a solemn ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman ...

Japanese soldiers defused a U.S.-made bomb believed to be a World War II leftover at a historic villa in Okinawa’s capital ...

A technician works at a launch site for a Mace B nuclear cruise missile in Okinawa Prefecture in April 1962. (Photo courtesy of the Okinawa Prefectural Archives) (Kyodo) "It gave me goosebumps.

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 ...

More than 4,000 people on Monday filled an Okinawa park to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's final WWII battle.

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 ...

Eighty years after one of the bloodiest battles of World War II concluded on its shores, Okinawa stands as a powerful symbol of both wartime tragedy and postwar resilience. As Japan continues to ...

Trekking through mud and rocks in Japan's humid Okinawan jungle, Takamatsu Gushiken reached a slope of ground where human remains have lain forgotten since World War II.

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 ...