Instead, its sloped terrain was flattened to make way for buildings ... annexed and dissolved by the Meiji government to form Okinawa Prefecture. Planners want the Futenma park to symbolize ...

Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headlamp 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 skulls ...