The invasion of Japan loomed. The Japanese military stationed about 100,000 troops on Okinawa, with the aim of preventing the invasion of the mainland. Narration Imperial Headquarters of the ...

The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest of World War II in the Pacific. The United States needed a base to stage an invasion of mainland Japan. The island of Okinawa was the ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Okinawa prefecture’s capital city will evacuate 1,400 people next month while Japanese troops disarm and remove a suspected U.S. bomb left over from World War II.

NAHA CITY, Okinawa — A U.S. airman charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor on Okinawa in December previously assaulted the girl at a convenience store earlier last year ...

A US army base worker has been jailed for life for rape and murder in Okinawa, in a case that sparked anti-US protests in Japan. Kenneth Franklin Shinzato was found guilty of assaulting and ...

In the Sao Paulo neighbourhood of Liberdade, samba and Japanese tradition often mix Who would have known that the Okinawan language found a home in Brazil just when it was fading back in Japan?

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Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) opened its first store in Okinawa, Japan, last week. The location is the 35th store opened by ...

During the Battle of Okinawa, civilians were caught between 2 major military forces, each determined to fight to the end. More than 120,000 civilians were killed. After the battle, Okinawa served ...