Okinawan bone digger searches for the remains of WWII dead and worries their lessons are unheard
Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. The remains of some 1,400 people found ...
BBC6d
Japan's spectacular bike ride through six remote islands
It felt like a scene from Japanese folklore ... a 70km-long cycling route that links the main islands of Honshu and Shikoku, weaving through six smaller islands floating in the Seto Inland ...
Taipei Times14d
On the front line
All of the buildup has cemented the island’s as a front line in a potential clash over Taiwan. Kyoko Yamaguchi, left, Fumie ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette10d
Military growth stresses Japanese island’s locals
In August, a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance plane briefly violated Japanese airspace off the southern main island of Kyushu, prompting Japan's military to scramble fighter jets and warn the plane.
The New York Times22d
Okinawa, a Small Island Caught Between Big Powers
This includes during the war, when Japan used Okinawa as a battlefield to stop the Americans from reaching its main islands. But the relationship has changed more recently, driven in part by the ...