A lesser-known World War 2 film from the perspective of the Japanese army is hailed by one fan as an "incredible epic". The Battle of Okinawa/ Gekidō no Shōwashi: Okinawa Kessen (1971) is a war drama ...

TOKYO – US forces in Japan secretly transferred dummy nuclear bombs to then US-occupied Okinawa prefecture in 1971 out of concern that Japan would discover they were being used for training at an ...