A fire engulfed Japan’s historic Shuri Castle early Thursday, reducing the UNESCO World Heritage site to smoldering ruins. Footage seen on public broadcaster NHK showed the bright orange blaze light ...
A fire has spread among structures at Shuri Castle on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying the UNESCO World Heritage site. Firefighters were still battling the blaze a few hours after ...
NAHA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, is holding a new initiative called the “Japanese cultural media arts dissemination initiative in airports and other ...
TOKYO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - A fire tore through World Heritage-listed Shuri Castle in Japan's southern island of Okinawa on Thursday, reducing the main hall of the more than 500-year-old landmark to a ...
NAHA--Preparations are under way for a groundbreaking ceremony to restore the landmark Shuri-jo castle here in Okinawa Prefecture after it went up in flames three years ago. Oct. 31 marked the third ...
NAHA--Restoration work is moving full steam ahead on the Seiden main hall of the landmark Shuri-jo castle, which burned down three years ago. Around 240 people, including government officials and ...