An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the scars remain, allowing visitors to get up close and touch history.

He spends much of his free time in caves like this in Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost prefecture, trying to bring closure to one of the most fierce and deadly battles of the Pacific war.

During World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army set up bases in Okinawa’s natural caves called “gama.” For more than 40 years, Gushiken has volunteered to go into those caves and search for ...

The World War II Battle of Okinawa left an estimated 240,000 people killed or missing. Now, 80 years later, bones are still ...