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One of the oldest parks in Rock Island is making a return to its old design after years of changes. Friends of Longview Park ...
There’s a place in Concord, Ohio that defies logic – Hidden Lake Park is so breathtakingly beautiful that it seems impossible it hasn’t been overrun with visitors from across the state.
In solemn remembrance of the 80th anniversary of the final battle of the Second World War in Okinawa, special religious ceremonies were held at the Okinawa Peace Memorial Monuments, specifically at ...
Trekking through mud and rocks in Japan's humid Okinawan jungle, Takamatsu Gushiken reached a slope of ground where human remains have lain forgotten since World War II.
Following Okinawa's return to Japanese rule in May 1972, Soka Gakkai, a major Japanese Buddhist organization, purchased the lot that included the Onna launch site in 1976.
A group of special operations vets retrace the Battle of Okinawa, following in the footsteps of the forefathers of today’s ...
Okinawa on June 23 observed "Memorial Day," marking the day 80 years ago when organized combat between the then Imperial Japanese military and U.S. forces is said to have ended. We must never ...
Japanese officials say an explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a U.S. military base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers.
1 / 4 Show Caption + U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa Commander Lt. Col. Rachel Bowers wipes down a section of the Cornerstone of Peace monument at Okinawa Peace Memorial Park in Okinawa, Japan, June 7 ...
Mr Morioka says demand for theme parks and higher value-added tourism services in Japan are here to stay, given that many Asian countries are growing wealthier.
About 35 Okinawa civilian and U.S. military leaders met in a promised forum at Camp Foster to discuss cooperative measures to stem criminal behavior by U.S. service members on the island.
Two U.S. Marines in Okinawa, Japan are under investigation for alleged rapes, police say, the latest in a string of assault cases that have angered residents .