80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...
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Spellbinding culture meets mythology in Japan's subtropical beauty
In fact, Okinawa has only seen snow twice as far as ... The most eye-opening site is a triangular opening formed by two towering rocks. During the kingdom period, Sefa Utaki was off-limits to ...
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In Okinawa, more people drown than die in road accidents
NAHA—Waves pounded the rocks and coral off Cape Maeda in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture. Whipped by a typhoon, the sea was white with foam. This was the scene one day in late May at a beach near the ...
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Civilians on Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was one of the bloodiest and costliest ... Two Japanese soldiers jumped out from behind the rocks, condemned him as spy, and cut off his head with a sword.