The Battle of Okinawa was one of the largest and bloodiest campaigns of the Pacific War in 1945. This video examines the ...

NAHA, Japan - Gov. Denny Tamaki, an opponent of the relocation of a U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture, is running ...

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

With one week to go before the gubernatorial election in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, the relationship between the central government and the island prefecture has emerged as a new ...

Did demons create the first atomic bombs? Every August, debate renews over both the wisdom and the morality of dropping the two American atomic bombs, 81 years ago, on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima ...

As Robert L. Crouse, Jr. turned 100 years old on August 31, he was surrounded by 75 family members and friends at the United Methodist Church in South Williamsport. Crouse also had something else to ...

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 ...

The Okinawa City Museum of Postwar Culture and History specifically focuses on the affereffects of World War II on the local ...

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

The Okinawa gubernatorial election is expected to effectively be a one-on-one battle between Denny Tamaki, who is seeking a third term, and Genta Koja, a former deputy mayor of Naha.

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

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