80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...
80 years after Okinawa battle, questions remain on mass suicides
Harumi Miyagi’s mother was a village employee on the small island of Zamami in Okinawa Prefecture who provided food and ...
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China’s ‘Malinformation’ Comes for Okinawa
China has made extensive use of malinformation. Its story about the Okinawa protests – headlined “Okinawan People Demand ...
Unlock the secrets of the Blue Zones—how to master the art of living longer
Longevity travel is the buzzword of the moment. This surging trend has seen people exploring how to extend their lifespan, ...
Do people in blue zones actually live longer?
But do blue zone residents really live longer? Or is their legendary lifespan more myth than science? “People [in blue zones] ...
War victims remembered 80 years after US troops landed on Okinawa's main island
In Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa, American troops landed on its main island on April 1, 1945 toward the end of ...
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Japan retools evacuation plan for western island chain in event of emergency or attack
An updated plan recently released by the Japanese government details how and where it will move 120,000 people from the ...
Filmmaker Magazine1d
The Tides that Bind: Cinema At Sea Okinawa Pan-Pacific International Film Festival 2025
With curators from mainland Japan, Taiwan and Okinawa, the festival was anchored by works from those three regions, with the ...
Unearthing Okinawa’s forgotten war dead
Takamatsu Gushiken leaves a cave after a session of searching for the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa ...
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Volunteer searching for WWII dead in Japanese caves unearths remains of hundreds of people
His hope is that the dead can be reunited with their families. The remains of some 1,400 people found on Okinawa sit in storage for possible identification with DNA testing. So far just six have ...