Memorial event in Okinawa Pref. recalls mass suicide victims 80 yrs after brutal WWII battle
An Okinawa Prefecture island where mass suicides took place during World War II held a memorial ceremony on March 26, the ...
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EDITORIAL: Memorial day in Okinawa a time to reflect on the wartime past
June 23 is Okinawa Memorial Day ... to hold the ceremony at the National War Dead Peace Mausoleum within the Peace Memorial Park, where the remains of 180,000 victims are interred, instead ...
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Victims of Okinawa battle remembered on 80th anniversary of U.S. landing
A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village on Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's ...
Old bones on jungle island sound warning to those living here today
Takamatsu runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge - parts of the skulls, he says, of an infant ...
80 years after Okinawa battle, questions remain on mass suicides
Harumi Miyagi’s mother was a village employee on the small island of Zamami in Okinawa Prefecture who provided food and ...
Okinawa marks 80 years since start of ground battle in WWII
Village officials led a memorial service in Zamami, Okinawa on Wednesday to commemorate the beginning of ground battles there ...
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An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
created in memory of those who died in the Battle of Okinawa, at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, on the main island of the Okinawa archipelago, southern Japan, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.
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Okinawa Battle Victims Remembered on 80th Anniv. of U.S. Landing
Zamami, Okinawa Pref., March 26 (Jiji Press)--A memorial ceremony was held in an Okinawa Prefecture village Wednesday, the ...