The 31st, based at Camp Hansen in Okinawa, is the only permanently forward-deployed Marine Expeditionary Unit. It is also unique among Marine Expeditionary Units for having an infantry battalion that ...

We descended into Chibichibi Cave in southern Okinawa with the heavy feeling that this was not a site of distant history, but a warning. The cave is low enough that you have to bend forward as you ...

April 1945. The Pacific War had decisively turned in favour for the United States. During the waning days of that month, the colossal Japanese battleship Yamato, a maritime behemoth, set sail for ...

Okinawa authorities discovered a U.S.-made bomb believed to date to World War II during an airport safety survey on a southern Japanese island, the first ordnance found in a series of inspections ...

This year’s exercise takes place as Japan faces “the most severe security environment” since the end of World War II, Maj. Gen. Toshikatsu Musha, commander of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s ...

June 23 (UPI) --More than 4,000 people on Monday filled an Okinawa park to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's final WWII battle, while citizens reflected over long-lost loved ones and a promise by a ...

On April 1, 1945, the US Army invaded Okinawa, Japan in what is today known as one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Each year, the Okinawa Association of America — a nonprofit founded over a ...

Thinking about watching 'True Story: Okinawa Yakuza War' without the hassle? Searching for where to stream, rent, buy, or watch how to watch the Hitoshi Ozawa directed movie can be harder than it ...

According to official estimates, only 2,600 bodies from the Battle of Okinawa are yet to be recovered, but residents and long-time volunteers say many more are buried ...

Set in Okinawa 1971, one year before the return of power to the mainland, this film highlights the bloody battle of Okinawa Yakuza gangsters versus mainland system.