Trekking through mud and rocks in Japan's humid Okinawan jungle, Takamatsu Gushiken reached a slope of ground where human ...

The Battle of Okinawa began on April 1, 1945 when the U.S. troops, in their push for mainland Japan, landed on the island. It lasted until late June, killing more than 200,000 people. Nearly half of ...

The arrival of the American military in Okinawa in the spring of 1945 marked the beginning of one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific and the start of a presence that, 80 years later, still ...

Two U.S. Marines in Okinawa, Japan, are under investigation for alleged rapes, police said Thursday, the latest in a string of assault cases that have angered residents. The United States has ...

The last known discovery of human remains from the battle on Ie Shima came during Japan’s 2003 fiscal year, a spokesman from Okinawa Prefecture’s Social Welfare and War Victims Relief Division ...

Itoman, Japan (CNN) — The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight man, nimbly fitting his frame through the cave ...

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.

By Brad Lendon, CNN Itoman, Japan (CNN) — The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight man, nimbly fitting his frame through the cave ...