Higa is the author of ‘Okinawa, the Wind Speaks,’ a celebrated graphic novel, in which he narrates the post-war period of his region. In this interview with EL PAÍS, he shares his passion for Picasso ...

When thinking about Okinawan culture, the issue of language cannot be avoided. Language is not merely a means of communication. It is a vessel that carries the history, nature, daily life, emotions, ...

When I was told to cover my tattoos at a beach in Japan, I felt ashamed, as if I myself were something offensive. I left. I couldn’t do it. There is no line between me and my tattoos; they are one and ...

You are sitting on the sofa in your living room, looking at the screen. The teacher is smiling. Nodding. And yet, even after 3 months— the words just won't come out of your mouth. A woman in her 40s ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — U.S. military bases on Okinawa were bracing Thursday for Tropical Storm Mekkhala, the second storm to target the island in a month. U.S. installations at 7 a.m. entered Tropical ...

Dragged into an extremely fierce ground battle, one in four residents of Okinawa Prefecture lost their lives. To ensure that such a horror is never repeated, it is necessary to engrave these painful ...

TOKYO - Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was heckled on June 23 with anti-war slogans during a ceremony in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa to mark 81 years since the end of a fierce battle on ...

ITOMAN, OKINAWA PREF. – A memorial ceremony was held in Okinawa on Tuesday to mourn some 200,000 people who died in a fierce ground battle fought in the southernmost Japan prefecture 81 years ago in ...

NAHA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Okinawa on Tuesday marked 81 years since the end of a fierce World War II ground battle between Japan and the United States that took the lives of more than 200,000 military ...

Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa will observe Memorial Day on Tuesday, marking 81 years since the end of the Battle of Okinawa, which left more than 200,000 people dead. Okinawa annually ...

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