Japan mourns Battle of Okinawa on 78th anniversary amid fear of new conflict with China

1/3 Japan observed the 78th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa, one of the fiercest conflicts of World War II, on Friday. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo June 23 (UPI) — Japan mourned the 78th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa, one of the fiercest conflicts in World War II, on Friday while addressing tensions over a more aggressive China. The Okinawa prefecture government held a minute of silence for the more than 200,000 people killed in the Battle of Okinawa, which ended on June 23, 1945, with the suicide of the local commander of the old Japanese…