An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Two-time Purple Heart recipient LaSota returned to the island for ...

Eighty years ago, on April 1, a Sunday in 1945, seven troop divisions, four Army, three Marine, landed on the beaches of ...

Also known as a "departure tax", this tax was introduced in 2019. It is automatically included in travel fares and applies to ...

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Black don’t crack.” “It is not that racist ideas and largely fake data are present in the literature,” Newman would later ...

Explore the lifestyle secrets behind Okinawa's extraordinary longevity, from diet to community bonds and daily movement.

China has made extensive use of malinformation. Its story about the Okinawa protests – headlined “Okinawan People Demand ...

The Gateway (GW) 2050 Projects are a major public-private sector initiative aimed at realizing the integrated use of three U.S. military facilities near residential areas on the west coast of Okinawa ...

adding the service's first U.S. anti-ship missile battery in Okinawa, Japan, under its newest littoral concept. The 12th Littoral Combat Team was established in a ceremony at Camp Hansen ...

U.S. Marine Corps Lt Col. Jacob Godby uncase the 12th Littoral Combat Team colors during a designation ceremony of 12th Marines to 12th MLR on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 5, 2025. 12th MLR is ...

Gushiken says the bones are silent witnesses to Okinawa's wartime tragedy, carrying a warning to the present generation as Japan ups its defense spending in the face of tensions with China over ...