An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...
Okinawa on Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan on May 15, 1972, which ended 27 years of U.S. rule after ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yumi Matsumoto and her family at the Okinawa shrine Yumi Matsumoto lived in Okinawa for 30 years before moving to America last ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue Zones are regions of the world where people regularly live longer than average. Okinawa, Japan is a Blue Zone and home to the ...
NAHA—After more than half a century, a “glue” that has united Okinawa prefectural residents is losing its grip.
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Okinawa prefecture’s capital city will evacuate 1,400 people next month while Japanese troops disarm and remove a suspected U.S. bomb left over from World War II. Workers found ...
On Okinawa, where more than four years ago U.S. arms won a famous and a costly victory (80,000 dead & wounded), General Douglas MacArthur’s Pacific command has carried on a postwar occupation without ...