More than 4,000 people on Monday filled an Okinawa park to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's final WWII battle.

Japan recently marked 80 years since the end of the Battle of Okinawa, the final and bloodiest ground battle of World War II ...

While you can take a self-guided tour of Peace Park, I recommend taking one of the Hiroshima walking tours. I found it more ...

Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago.

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has paid respects to atomic bombing victims in Hiroshima as the city marks the 80th anniversary of ...

That’s not to mention the serene way Japan carries its modern history in beautiful memorials like Hiroshima Peace Park. The ...

Thousands filled Peace Memorial Park on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa.

ITOMAN, Japan — "Money should be spent on rice, not missiles," Kunio Aragaki, a resident in Okinawa, told Xinhua News Agency ...

A visitor prays in front of the Peace Statue at the Peace Park in Nagasaki, southern Japan Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, a day after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese ...

Officials said that 2,200 indoor seats will be set up in the International Conference Center Hiroshima within the peace park. ... Japan holds first missile drill to backdrop of China tensions; ...

TORII STATION, Japan -- U.S. Army volunteers joined Japanese Self-Defense Forces and U.S. Navy volunteers at the Okinawa Peace Memorial Park in Okinawa, Japan, on June 7, 2025.