More than six years after Shuri Castle burned down, resilient reconstruction efforts are on schedule to allow the main hall to reopen in the fall. But the park remains open to visitors while ...

I was living in Shuri Ishimine-cho that fateful day and remember seeing billowing black smoke just a few km away. Honestly, I thought a traffic helicopter had crashed. I bet this is guesswork and not ...

A major fire devastated a historic Japanese castle on the southern island of Okinawa on Thursday morning, destroying large parts of the World Heritage site's complex, local authorities said. The Shuri ...