TOKYO — 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 ...

Philip FONG/AFP/AFP Okinawa resident Hiromasa Iha can still recall the screams of his classmates and teachers after a US military jet crashed into his elementary school, killing 18 people more than ...

Japan has, for the first time, identified human remains from the Battle of Okinawa using only DNA testing, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said in a recent announcement. DNA from the remains ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese troops removed and defused an American shell believed to be left over from World War II on a small island south of Okinawa’s capital city. The shell is one of several ...