During one month after that, in the battle over Shuri, the civilian death toll rose to more than 21,600. Many of them were residents of Okinawa drafted by the military just before the Battle of ...

NAHA--Five years after a devastating fire, the roofs of Shuri-jo Castle’s main hall are taking shape as reconstruction progresses on the iconic landmark here. The roofs, which curve gracefully ...

People in Okinawa are feeling the loss after watching one of their most iconic buildings engulfed in flames. As investigators narrow in on the cause of last week's fire at Shuri Castle ...

NAHA--Preparations are under way for a groundbreaking ceremony to restore the landmark Shuri-jo castle here in Okinawa Prefecture after it went up in flames three years ago. Oct. 31 marked the ...

on the north side of Shuri Castle. Records indicate they were transcribed into hanging scrolls in the 18th and 19th centuries. However, Enkakuji was destroyed in the WWII Battle of Okinawa and the ...

After landing on central Okinawa Island in April 1945, U.S. forces advanced southward to Shuri (present-day Naha), where the Japanese military was based, and seized air stations built by Japanese ...

Flames swept through Japan's Shuri Castle early Thursday morning, engulfing a World Heritage site that was one of Okinawa Prefecture's most popular attractions. The Naha city fire department says ...