Yoshihama, 72, serves on the prefectural government ... in Shuri is related not just to Okinawa but also with all of Japan. The 68-year-old resident of Tokyo has long been studying the 32nd ...

the term 'whole scale mobilization' is one of the key phrases we use," said Shinobu Yoshihama, a leading expert on the battle. "There weren't enough Japanese troops to fight in Okinawa ...

On March 11, 2011, a 9.0-magnitude temblor occurred off the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan, unleashing the ... Standing on a breakwater in the Yoshihama beach in Ofunato, also Iwate ...