T here is a reason Okinawa is called “Japan’s Hawaii.” With a rich history tracing from the Stone Age through the Ryūkyū ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — One of the last bastions of the Japanese Army on Okinawa during World War II, a tunnel system beneath the iconic Shuri Castle, may open to the public within three years.

WWII Mega Weapons: The Tunnels of Okinawa. Special | 54m 9s Video has Closed Captions | CC. The tide of war in the Pacific has now fully turned against the Imperial Japanese forces.

NAHA–Almost 80 years later, wooden pillars still support the tunnel walls alongside bottles inscribed with “Dainippon Brewery,” a beer company from the era.

The Futamisugita tunnel in Nago, Okinawa, is pictured on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (Keishi Koja/Stars and Stripes) A Toyota Aqua sits damaged at the police station in Nago, Okinawa, Wednesday, May ...

The last time anyone saw Pfc. John B. Quinn, Jr, a 29th Regiment Marine, he was headed into a cave on the island of Okinawa, some 7,600 miles away from his home in New York. The year was 1945 ...

Total American casualties at Okinawa during three months of fighting there would be nearly double those suffered at Iwo Jima. About 200,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians would die as well.

The Battle of Okinawa, fought against US-led forces, claimed the lives of more than 200 thousand civilians and soldiers. ... Experts found a charred rock inside one of the tunnels.

The seven tunnels on Needles Highway and Iron Mountain Road, blown out of the granite with dynamite in the 1920s to retrofit the scenic highways, have for years been monitored by state geologists ...

Trailer | WWII Mega Weapons: The Tunnels of Okinawa. Preview: Special | 30s Video has Closed Captions | CC. The tide of war in the Pacific has now fully turned against the Imperial Japanese forces.