Takamatsu Gushiken leaves a cave after a session of searching for the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa ...

where Gushiken and other volunteer cave diggers — or “gamahuya” in their native Okinawan language — have found the remains of what are likely hundreds of people. Gushiken tries to imagine ...

Gushiken and other volunteer cave diggers — or “gamahuya” in their native Okinawan language — have found the remains of what are likely hundreds of people killed in the Battle of Okinawa.

So as a way of kind of feeling that you’re one people, we’re going to speak ... optimistic that there is a path forward to save Okinawa’s native languages, especially with all the attention ...

The fighting ended at Itoman, where Gushiken and other volunteer cave diggers — or "gamahuya" in their native Okinawan language — have found the remains of what are likely hundreds of people.