Around 700 residents in the Kerama Islands were driven to mass suicide during the Battle of Okinawa, but one boy's desperate plea helped the island of Aka escape the same fate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/26/japan/okinawa-island-war-history/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #battleofokinawa #akaisland #fukuoka #kyushu #wwii