Located south of Japan, Okinawa is a small island that hides a big secret: longevity. The inhabitants of this archipelago ...

Takamatsu runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge - parts of the skulls, he says, of an infant ...

80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...

As a volunteer cave digger, Takamatsu Gushiken has unearthed the remains of several hundred people killed in one of the ...

The Americans had been there her whole life, when the United States seized Okinawa from Japan after the end of World War II. But she knew the dead girl, who was a customer at her family’s small ...

Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa’s jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the ...

I'm afraid there is a growing risk that Okinawa may become a battlefield again.” An island haunted by one of the deadliest battles of World War II On April 1, 1945, U.S. troops landed on Okinawa ...

A new nature-immersive theme park, Junglia Okinawa, is set to open in Okinawa this 25th July offering visitors cutting-edge ...

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 ...

The American base on Okinawa has relocated 105 Marines ... military presence on the Pacific island that dates back to World War II. Under the agreement, 9,000 Marines — just under half the ...