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 ...
China holds major war games around Taiwan as U.S. boosts ties with Japan to deter "Chinese military aggression"
China's launches drills around Taiwan to "severely punish" the island's pro-independence leader, as the U.S. boosts its war ...
Hegseth Says US Is Upgrading Japan Ops to War-Fighting Command
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US military has begun to upgrade its operations in Japan to a new “war-fighting” ...
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Pentagon chief Hegseth’s praise of Japanese troops in battle of Iwo Jima sparks criticism
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Saturday "praised American-Japanese friendship and trust" while attending a memorial service on Iwo Jima to honor those who died in a pivotal World War II ...
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Japan and US call for stronger ties on 80th anniversary of Battle of Iwo Jima
The tiny island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean lies around 1,250km from Tokyo and was the scene of five weeks of brutal combat between Japanese and US forces in World War II. “I’d like to ...
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Japanese digger searches for WWII remains: ‘Best way to honor war dead is never to allow another war’
On April 1, 1945, U.S. troops landed on Okinawa during their push toward mainland Japan, beginning a battle that lasted until late June and killed about 12,000 Americans and more than 188,000 ...
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Pentagon chief joins war memorial ceremony on first visit to Japan
on Saturday as part of his first visit to Japan as defense chief for an event honoring those who died in bloody fighting there 80 years ago during World War II. “The U.S.-Japan alliance shows th ...
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Firefighters battle Japan wildfires for fourth day, thousands evacuated
Firefighters battle wildfires in Japan for a fourth day and NHK says thousands are ordered to evacuate :: Imabari, Japan :: Miyazaki, Japan :: March 25, 2025 :: The fire has destroyed buildings and ...
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Volunteer discovers over a thousand World War II casualties’ remains which await identification
Takamatsu Gushiken has spent years voluntarily locating bodies, and fragments of bodies, of World War II victims in Japan’s Okinawa's jungle. Over 80 years since a major battle, Gushiken shared ...