Okinawa
Searchable 3D map highlights names of US casualties at WWII Battle of Okinawa
A Japanese firm has created an interactive website where families of U.S. troops killed during the Battle of Okinawa can see their loved ones’ names on the island’s Cornerstone of Peace memorial.
Yomitan: Okinawa takes its past to art
On an old U.S. Air Force runway-turned-village road there is a 100-meter long cement and plaster wall exhibit depicting more than seven decades of Japan and U.S. military presence on Okinawa.
Thousands protest retention of U.S. base
Okinawans gathered by the hundreds to welcome reversion Monday, and by the thousands to protest the inclusion of U.S. bases in the reversion agreement.
U.S., Japan ties hailed at reversion rites
History was bittersweet at the Okinawa reversion ceremony here Monday morning at the Nihon Budokan. For the older members of the 10,000 Japanese in attendance the dignified affair recalled memories of a bloody battle 27 years ago.
Okinawa reversion ushers in confusion
There is confusion, some open resentment, frantic hoarding, a great deal of worry, and a sprinkling of "who cares" in this Ryukyuan capital as the moment when it will become a Japanese prefectural capital begins to be measured in hours and minutes.
Reversion vs. Confusion
There is confusion, some open resentment, frantic hoarding, a great deal of worry, and a sprinkling of "who cares" in this Ryukyuan capital as the moment when it will become a Japanese prefectural capital begins to he measured in hours and minutes.
Agnew confers with Japanese leaders
Conferences with top Japanese leaders Saturday, capped by an evening reception by Japan's Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, comprised Vice President Spiro T. Agnew's second day here.