Large-scale memorials, including the Himeyuri Cenotaph, dot the cityscape of Itoman, the site of some of the fiercest fighting during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the largest and bloodiest campaigns of the Pacific War in 1945. This video examines the strategic importance of the island, the ferocity of the fighting, and the ...

Readers often ask me where I get the ideas for Rearview Mirror. Usually, the ideas don’t come from a trip to the dentist. But ...

Itoman, Okinawa Pref., June 23 (Jiji Press)--A memorial ceremony was held in Okinawa Prefecture on Tuesday to mourn some 200,000 people who died in a fierce ground battle fought in the southernmost ...

Okinawa became one of the costliest battles of the Pacific war, devastating soldiers and civilians alike. Its horrific losses ...

NAHA (Japan): (Bernama-Kyodo) Okinawa on Tuesday (June 23) marked 81 years since the end of a World War II ground battle between Japan and the United States that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 ...

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Video games can be a powerful tool for teaching and preserving history. World of Warships, a naval battle multiplayer game, ...

TOKYO, June 24 — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was heckled at a World War II memorial event by protesters angry about Tokyo’s further shift away from its decades-long pacifist stance, ...

For Honor new hero Arakure wields a pair of tonfas — Okinawan martial arts weapons making their debut in the game — when she ...