Japan's imperial family honored the war dead in Okinawa on Wednesday, where the last major battle of World War II occurred 80 ...

The Tisas 1911A1 doesn’t whisper nostalgia—it punches it into your palm with every .45 slug like a steel-forged freedom hymn ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his family prayed on Wednesday in Okinawa for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, along with Empress Masako and Princess Aiko, commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Battle of ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family have prayed for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II fought on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa 80 years ago ...

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US Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Clark Hale (Ret.) has agonized about the fate of three men in his platoon for 50 long years.</ ...

Few took the prediction seriously, but on Sunday, June 25, North Korean ground and air forces poured into South Korea, beginning what might be called the First Korean War. At Okinawa’s Kadena ...

Japan pays $1.4 billion annually for US bases in Okinawa. But does the US military presence truly benefit locals, or does it impose more challenges?

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit Okinawa ... battle. Last month, the emperor and empress visited Iwoto Island, formerly known as Iwojima, the site ...

The III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group is conducting its first Kaiju Rain exercise at sites across Okinawa ... with “awareness of the battle space and assured command and control ...

Steph Pawelski, a US Department of Defense school teacher who curates the Okinawa Battle Sites Facebook page, is also invested in the battle site, as both of her grandfathers served at Okinawa.