1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (247+ words) A Japanese group working to retrieve the remains of people who died in World War Two has started a test excavation in southern Taiwan. Delegates from the Japan Association for Recovery and Repatriation of War Casualties, along with local volunteers,…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (122+ words) Remembering US airmen executed in Fukuoka nhk.or.jp Remembering US airmen executed in Fukuoka An American woman visits Kyushu to honor her grandfather, an airman executed during WWII. She also meets families of the Japanese soldiers involved in the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (143+ words) Japan's health and welfare ministry says the number of survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has dropped to just over 91,000 this year. The ministry annually compiles the number and other information about those who are certified as…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (301+ words) Work has begun on the Pacific Island of Ioto in the Ogasawara Islands to recover the remains of those who died in fighting near the end of World War Two. The remote island, also known as Iwojima, was the site…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (227+ words) Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa will observe Memorial Day on Tuesday, marking 81 years since the end of the Battle of Okinawa, which left more than 200,000 people dead. Okinawa annually holds a ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman City on…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (49+ words) Japanese American medic's letters reveal reality of WWII nhk.or.jp Japanese American medic's letters reveal reality of WWII Letters from a medic who served in the US forces during World War II are helping people learn about the struggles…...