The remains of some 1,400 people sit in storage for possible identification with DNA testing. So far just six have been identified and returned to their families.

As a volunteer cave digger, Takamatsu Gushiken has unearthed the remains of several hundred people killed in one of the ...

Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa’s jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the ...

The remains of some 1,400 people found on Okinawa sit in storage ... sending more troops and weapons to Okinawa and its outer islands. Many here who have bitter memories of the Japanese army ...

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa’s jungle. He gently runs his fingers through the gravel until two pieces of bone emerge. These are from the ...

(AP video by Ayaka McGill and Hiro Komae) 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 ...