ITOMAN, Okinawa — The southernmost city on Okinawa is working to create a virtual tour of a deteriorating landmark that provided shelter to refugees and others in the final days of World War II.

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 ...

Takamatsu Gushiken uses a hand hoe to delicately move dirt in a cave while searching for the remains of those who died during the Battle of Okinawa towards the end of the World War II in 1945, in ...

For generations, the limestone caves of Okinawa, Japan, were used as places of worship and burial. During the Battle of Okinawa, they became bunkers, bases, and hospitals for Japanese soldiers, and, ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — After vandals desecrated an Okinawa cave last month where 83 people were forced to commit suicide by Japanese troops in the waning days of World War II, Air Force spouse Heather ...

Atelier Sento has been working on The Coral Cave for a couple of years now, slowly piecing it together from memories journeying out to Japan, and especially Okinawa. It’s a point-and-click adventure ...

Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa's jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the war's bloodiest. ITOMAN, Japan — Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch ...