They are believed to have been looted during the fierce Battle of Okinawa in 1945 on the subtropical island. “It is a great joy that these treasures of Okinawa, a tangible link to the Ryukyu ...

We’d like to thank the family from Massachusetts who did the right thing in reaching out to us and relinquishing these treasures so we could return them to the people of Okinawa," Cohen said.

“We’d like to thank the family from Massachusetts who did the right thing in reaching out to us and relinquishing these treasures so we could return them to the people of Okinawa.” ...