ITOMAN, Okinawa Prefecture—A search of a cave here uncovered the bones of six adults and two children who likely died during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. The bones were collected in late February ...

ITOMAN, Okinawa Prefecture--A scaled-down memorial service was held here June 23 to remember victims of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, which claimed one in four lives of the civilian population.

In the final stages of World War Two, Japan fought a fierce land battle against US forces in Okinawa. More than 200,000 people were killed, about half of them civilians. Now, a recent discovery is ...