More than 1,000 sites in the prefecture are estimated to contain structural and other remains from the Battle of Okinawa, including positions of the Imperial Japanese Army and natural caves where ...

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headlamp and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle ... Gushiken says the Itoman caves should be protected from development so that younger generations can learn ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Eighty years on from the Battle of Okinawa during World War II, the remains of some of those killed are ...

The Associated Press Okinawan bone digger searches caves for the remains of WWII dead Posted: March 6, 2025 | Last updated: March 6, 2025 Eighty years on from the Battle of Okinawa during World ...

Takamatsu Gushiken, a "gamafuya," an Okinawa dialect meaning a person who digs in a cave, searches in a cave for the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa towards the end of the ...

June 23 is Okinawa Memorial Day ... Countless local residents were chased out of the caves they had taken refuge in or pressured into ending their own lives by Imperial Japanese Army troops.

Eighty years on from the Battle of Okinawa during World War II, the remains of some of those killed are still being discovered. A 71-year-old volunteer is on a mission to find what he calls the ...

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Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa's jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the war's bloodiest Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email ...

Takamatsu Gushiken uses a hand hoe to delicately move dirt in a cave while searching for the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa towards the end of the World War II in 1945 ...