War victims remembered 80 years after US troops landed on Okinawa's main island
In Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa, American troops landed on its main island on April 1, 1945 toward the end of ...
Japan compiles first Okinawa evacuation plan for contingencies
Japan's government has compiled a plan to evacuate people from remote islands in the southwestern prefecture of Okinawa in ...
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Volunteer searching for WWII dead in Japanese caves unearths remains of hundreds of people
As Japan enjoyed a postwar economic rise, Okinawa's economic ... a U.S. Marine Corps air station that sits in a crowded town after years of friction, but Okinawans remain angry at a plan that ...
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Kadena should receive its first F-15EX fighters next year, wing commander says
The U.S. Air Force is expected to begin deploying F-15EX Eagle II fighters to the home of the 18th Wing next year, the wing ...
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DODEA students learn ancient math skills with Japanese abacus on Okinawa
A soroban “allows students to see and manipulate a physical representation of abstract numbers,” according to The Japan ...
Japan draws up plan to evacuate 120,000 from isles near Taiwan
The government unveiled its plan to evacuate tens of thousands of people from remote islands near Taiwan in case China acts ...
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Okinawan bone digger searches for the remains of WWII dead and worries their lessons are unheard
As Japan enjoyed a postwar economic rise, Okinawa's economic, educational and social development ... Tokyo has promised to relocate a U.S. Marine Corps air station that sits in a crowded town after ...
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An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
As Japan enjoyed a postwar economic rise, Okinawa's economic ... a U.S. Marine Corps air station that sits in a crowded town after years of friction, but Okinawans remain angry at a plan that ...