Battle Of Okinawa

The discovery of old pottery shards and artefacts on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa could delay relocation work for a US military base, officials said Friday, the latest twist in a long-running battle over the unpopular project.

Japan marks the 70th anniversary Tuesday of the end of the Battle of Okinawa, the bloodiest episode in the Pacific War, which killed a quarter of the island's population.

Seventy years after the Battle of Okinawa, Yoshiko Shimabukuro still has terrifying nightmares of watching friends and Japanese soldiers die as they hid in caves to escape fierce American shelling.

The discovery of old pottery shards and artefacts on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa could delay relocation work for a US military base, officials said Friday, the latest twist in a long-running battle over the unpopular project.

Japan marks the 70th anniversary Tuesday of the end of the Battle of Okinawa, the bloodiest episode in the Pacific War, which killed a quarter of the island's population.

Seventy years after the Battle of Okinawa, Yoshiko Shimabukuro still has terrifying nightmares of watching friends and Japanese soldiers die as they hid in caves to escape fierce American shelling.