I have seen the places where the Battle of Okinawa took place—the caves, the memorials, and the landscapes marked by battle ...

In the de facto head-to-head battle, challenger Genta Koja, 42, said he will stop making the central government look like a ...

The animated film is inspired by the real-life events of the Himeyuri Corps, who were mobilized, and then abandoned, in ...

Over 50 years have passed since the U.S. returned Okinawa to the Japanese administration, but complex feelings toward ...

I wish Melissa Farris had known the stories of the men and women behind the WWII memorial, men like my dad and uncle, before ...

A majority of residents in Okinawa Prefecture are constantly opposed to the planned relocation of the U.S. Futenma base in the Okinawa city of Ginowan to the Henoko coastal district in Nago, another c ...

On April 7, 1945, the battleship Yamato sailed toward Okinawa as part of Operation Ten-Go, a desperate mission that was ...

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Corps Installations Pacific Brig pose for a group photograph during the Okinawa Battle Sites ...

The city is considering renaming East Park after a WWII hero from Amarillo.Pfc. Gabriel Chavez was killed on April 29, 1945 ...

Studio Sasayuri's adaptation of Machiko Kyo's wartime manga turns a real-life tragedy into one of the year's most humbling ...

The additional Marines will be spread across 64 initiatives, which include reinforcing the Pacific fleet and creating new infantry battalions.

The film stars Toshiro Mifune as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.