The relics are grim remnants of the vast tunnel network dug by the Imperial Japanese Army under Shuri-jo castle before the fierce Battle of Okinawa in 1945. Previously closed-off parts of the ...

The 1.75 kilometers of tunnels make the complex “one of the largest underground bunkers in the Kyushu region” from the waning days of World War II ... six months before Japan’s surrender.

The island was the scene of 5 weeks of brutal combat between Japanese and US forces in World War II. Read more at ...

An underwater investigation organized by a Japanese civic ... of Japan who drowned during World War II. The Josei Coal Mine, a dangerous coal mine with underwater tunnels, is located approximately ...

The 80th anniversary commemoration of Iwo Jima on Saturday is set to be overshadowed by controversy after the Pentagon ...