April 1945. The Pacific War had decisively turned in favour for the United States. During the waning days of that month, the colossal Japanese battleship Yamato, a maritime behemoth, set sail for ...

NAHA–Almost 80 years later, wooden pillars still support the tunnel walls alongside bottles inscribed with “Dainippon Brewery,” a beer company from the era.

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 Japan prefecture 81 years ago in the late stage ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the largest and bloodiest campaigns of the Pacific War in 1945. This video examines the ...

Yasuko Onaga, 96, who was a student nurse mobilized for the now-defunct Japanese military during the Battle of Okinawa in the closing days of World War II, is sharing her wartime memories and urging ...

A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the ...

Opportunities to hear first-hand accounts of the conflict are fading, with about 60 per cent of local high school students having no family members who can speak about the battle, according to local ...

Okinawa Prefecture marked Okinawa Memorial Day on Tuesday, commemorating the Battle of Okinawa, in which hundreds of thousands died in the final days of World War II.

Higa is the author of ‘Okinawa, the Wind Speaks,’ a celebrated graphic novel, in which he narrates the post-war period of his region. In this interview with EL PAÍS, he shares his passion for Picasso ...