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.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has visited Iwo Jima to pay tribute to Japanese and Americans who died on the island in one of World ...

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 ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has visited Iwo Jima to pay tribute to Japanese and Americans who died on the island in one of World ...

Naruhito, in his 65th birthday remarks in February, noted the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII and ... overwhelm the Japanese within days, Japanese soldiers used underground tunnels and ...