Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island.

As an 8-year-old, Yoshiko Goya fled her birthplace with six other family members and relatives. In the end, only three ...

Emotionally and physically depleted, the boy began to unravel after the war ended, with locals calling him a “ghost soldier.” ...

As wartime Japan fully deployed its troops in Okinawa Prefecture in March 1944, about a year before the ground battle against ...

Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 ... Fear of a Taiwan conflict rekindles bitter memories of the Battle of Okinawa.

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 Monday it is the ...

Okinawa remains home to the majority of about 50,000 U.S. troops stationed in Japan under a bilateral security pact. The island, which accounts for only 0.6% of Japanese land, hosts 70% of U.S ...

Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago. In the face of growing global tensions, its governor pledged to keep ...

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 ...

Okinawa remains home to the majority of about 50,000 U.S. troops stationed in Japan under a bilateral security pact. The island, which accounts for only 0.6% of Japanese land, hosts 70% of U.S ...