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.

Students from Seattle and Naha, Okinawa, celebrate the 50th anniversary of the cross-cultural exchange program.

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Gushiken says the bones are silent witnesses to Okinawa’s wartime tragedy, carrying a warning to the present generation as Japan ups its defense spending in the face of tensions with China over ...

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. (AP Photo/Hiro ...

ITOMAN, Japan (AP) — 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.

Takamatsu Gushiken uses a hand hoe to delicately move dirt in a cave while searching for the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa towards the end of the World War II in 1945 ...