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NAHA--Much of Okinawa Prefecture's treasured Shuri-jo castle remains a desolate landscape a year after fire gutted the site that was a center of politics and culture for the Ryukyu Kingdom (1429 ...

Shuri-jo Castle served not only as the royal palace but also the center of politics, diplomacy and culture for 450 years from 1429. Okinawa became part of Japan when it was annexed as a prefecture ...

Japanese fire fighters battled a massive fire that consumed an historic Japanese castle early on Thursday morning. Shuri Castle, which was originally built 500 years ago, is a Unesco World ...

Flames swept through Japan's Shuri Castle early Thursday morning, engulfing a World Heritage site that was one of Okinawa Prefecture's most popular attractions. The Naha city fire department says ...

As investigators narrow in on the cause of last week's fire at Shuri Castle, people are calling for a swift restoration. Experts fear the fire destroyed more than 400 cultural artifacts.

Shuri Castle is a major symbol of the old Ryukyu Kingdom’s history and Okinawa's unique culture. Now it's all but gone.

is a Ryūkyūan castle (or gusuku) in Shuri, Okinawa. It was the palace of the Ryūkyū Kingdom. In 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa, it was almost completely destroyed. Beginning in 1992 ...

Japanese fire fighters battled a massive fire that consumed an historic Japanese castle early on Thursday morning. Shuri Castle, which was originally built 500 years ago, is a Unesco World ...