June 23 is Okinawa Memorial Day, when people in the prefecture console the spirits of those who died in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. A memorial ceremony is held in Mabuni in the city of Itoman ...

Kishida’s speech drew howls of protest from some in the audience, including, “Don’t make Okinawa a battlefield!” At the memorial ceremony, Yusuke Nakama, a third-year student at Miyako ...