The kingdom ruled Okinawa for centuries before it was incorporated into Japan in 1879. Some items believed to be taken with the crown jewels were discovered in 1953, also in Massachusetts, Kelly said.

From Okinawa this week TIME Correspondent Robert Sherrod, veteran observer of the battles of Attu, Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, ... World Battlefronts: For Once, Men Could Laugh.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On Jan. 8, 1900, 26 men arrived in Hawaii from Okinawa, Japan, as contract laborers for the sugar and pineapple plantations. This year marks the 125th anniversary of ...

In six months, they raised $50,000 (the equivalent of about $500,000 today) and purchased 550 pigs from Omaha, Neb. Seven men who had immigrated from Okinawa to Hawaii volunteered to accompany the ...

Author Jayne A. Hitchcock lived on Okinawa between 1992 and 1995, where she wrote five books about her time on the island. She documented the history, folklore and, of course, ghost stories that ...

But other (seed) fell into good ground and brought forth fruit. . . . Okinawa had been good ground for the Word of God. Planted in the years of peace, it had taken root, brought forth good fruit.

He also taught a couple of self-defense workshops for men and women at U.S. Army Garrison Benelux Brunssum, ... He started learning the Okinawan style of karate at 16 in his hometown of Cumberland.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On Jan. 8, 1900, 26 men arrived in Hawaii from Okinawa, Japan, as contract laborers for the sugar and pineapple plantations. This year marks the 125th anniversary of ...