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In remembering Japan's final WWII battle, Okinawans reflect on peace
More than 4,000 people on Monday filled an Okinawa park to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's final WWII battle.
Okinawa marks 80 years since end of one of harshest WWII battles with pledge to share tragic history
Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago.
Japan military set up 147 'comfort stations' in Okinawa during WWII; women's fates unknown
As wartime Japan fully deployed its troops in Okinawa Prefecture in March 1944, about a year before the ground battle against ...
US, Japan mark 80 years since the end of the Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest fight in the Pacific theater in World War II, with tens of thousands killed across ...
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Japanese volunteer searches Okinawa for WWII remains
Trekking through mud and rocks in Japan's humid Okinawan jungle, Takamatsu Gushiken reached a slope of ground where human ...
Simulation indicates ancient people crossed Taiwan-to-Okinawa waters by canoe
A research group in Japan has made a supercomputer simulation on how ancient people crossed the waters between Taiwan and the ...
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Okinawa calls for peace at memorial event
ITOMAN, Japan — "Money should be spent on rice, not missiles," Kunio Aragaki, a resident in Okinawa, told Xinhua News Agency ...
News in Easy English: Film tells true story of Japanese soldiers who hid in tree after war ended
A new film tells the true story of two Japanese soldiers in World War II. The soldiers lived for two years on top of a very ...