It's been 80 years since US forces invaded Okinawa, beginning one of the bloodiest battles of World War Two. More than 200,000 people lost their lives as fighting engulfed Japan's southern prefecture.

At the beginning of the Pacific War, the Japanese military quickly gained control over a vast territory. But the Allied Forces, led by the U.S. military, regained control over the islands of the ...

Rieko Tamaki, 90, a resident of Naha, still remembers the final moments of her then 14-year-old brother's life during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. "He died in agony, crying out, ‘Give me water.

In the final stages of World War Two, Japan fought a fierce land battle against US forces in Okinawa. More than 200,000 people were killed, about half of them civilians. Now, a recent discovery is ...

NAHA--Okinawa Prefecture will preserve the remains of the Imperial Japanese Army headquarters that served as a command post beneath Shuri-jo Castle here during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.

Now, at age 92, Onaga sees parallels between the Battle of Okinawa and the war in Ukraine. Huge numbers of civilians were embroiled in the 1945 battle, just as now in Ukraine.

Takamatsu Gushiken uses a hoe to move dirt while searching for the remains of those who died during the WWII Battle of Okinawa on Itoman. (Hiro Komae/AP) ITOMAN, Japan — Takamatsu Gushiken turns ...

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, in ...