U.S. Army veteran brings WWII good luck flag home to Japanese family
U.S. Army veteran Chris Dorsey returns a WWII good luck flag to a fallen Japanese soldier’s family, bringing closure and ...
Japan PM to attend ceremony at WWII battle site Ioto on March 29
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is arranging to attend a memorial service later this month at the site of a fierce ...
Activist demands Japan revoke award for US general behind 500,000 deaths in WWII
Gushiken Takamatsu said Curtis LeMay, who orchestrated the firebombing, should never have been given the honour A peace ...
An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
As a volunteer cave digger, Takamatsu Gushiken has unearthed the remains of several hundred people. Excavation is not his ...
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Explosion shakes Okinawa wharf as Japan clears unexploded WWII ordnance
Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit set off ...
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Japan's Sunken Super Weapon That Nearly Changed WW2
On December 19, 1944, the East China Sea became the stage for a high-stakes submarine duel. Japan’s newest aircraft carrier, ...
Okinawan bone digger searches for the remains of WWII dead and worries their lessons are unheard
Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa’s jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the ...
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Japanese digger searches for WWII remains: ‘Best way to honor war dead is never to allow another war’
Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa’s jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the ...
A Plea for Justice for Japan’s So-Called Comfort Women
Mina Watanabe has made it her life’s work to tell the stories of the women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese ...