Japanese soldiers defused a U.S.-made, 275-pound bomb believed to be a World War II leftover at a historic villa in Okinawa’s capital city Sunday, the latest unexploded bomb removed from the former ...
Origins -- Golden age of the Ryukyu Kingdom -- Bankoku shinryo no kane (The Bell of Shuri Castle) -- Shureimon gate -- Satsuma Dominion and the Decline of Shuri Castle -- Commodore Perry's visit to ...
The “bone digger” slides into a thin crevice on a hill in the Okinawan jungle. He’s a slight man, nimbly fitting his frame through the cave entrance, carefully avoiding the sharp limestone roof while ...