The Battle of Okinawa claimed the lives of one in four ... and is said to have led many people to commit suicide. At least one military officer, however, rejected the standard outright: Kiyofumi ...

Japanese government officials exploited the suicides at Saipan to their advantage ... become commonplace five months later in the battle of Okinawa. As many as sixty-five thousand Japanese ...

The ship participated in the bombardment of Okinawa and was hit by a suicide plane but remained ... recording 15 battle stars. Also, during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, the ship is said ...

“I grew up with a mom who lived with schizophrenia, and unfortunately, lost her battle with it nearly 11 ... 211 Brevard fields crisis calls from suicide to housing concerns “There's this ...

It was an instant mood booster, which I anticipated. But what I wasn’t expecting? A frank conversation about mental health. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each ...

To the Allies, these units became known as Kamikaze, or suicide squads. The Japanese used the word Tokko ... missiles to crash themselves into Allied warships. Since the epic Battle of Midway in 1942, ...

Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit ...

NAHA--Kiyoshi Uezu and his parents lived through the Battle of Okinawa, but he feels they never truly “survived” the war. Both Okinawa and the Uezu family have a long history of suffering and ...

While the total number of suicides in Japan declined in 2024, the number of schoolchildren who took their lives reached a new high. Data compiled by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare ...