A fire has spread among structures at Shuri Castle on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying the UNESCO World Heritage site. Firefighters were still battling the blaze a few hours after ...

A fire engulfed Japan’s historic Shuri Castle early Thursday, reducing the UNESCO World Heritage site to smoldering ruins. Footage seen on public broadcaster NHK showed the bright orange blaze light ...

This aerial picture shows Shuri Castle after a fire ripped through the historic site in Naha, Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture, on October 31 Photo by STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images The Sho ...

Firefighters battled the Shuri Castle blaze for about 12 hours before bringing it under control. TOKYO - A fire broke out early Thursday and spread quickly through historic Shuri Castle on Japan's ...

HONOLULU – Mayor Kirk Caldwell has requested Honolulu Hale to be illuminated in the traditional Okinawan color of purple this evening, Thursday, Oct. 31 to express solidarity with Honolulu’s sister ...

A RAGING inferno has gutted Japan’s 500-year-old Shuri Castle – a World Heritage site that’s revered “like a god”. The blaze ripped through the 14th century building in Okinawa, burning the landmark ...

Shuri Castle in Okinawa, the former seat of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, has undergone repeated conflagrations and reconstructions over the centuries. A look at the history leading up to its latest destruction ...

A 600-year-old Japanese castle has been gutted by a fire that tore through the World Heritage-protected site, reducing much of it to charred embers. The blaze erupted at the 14th-Century Shuri Castle, ...

TOKYO (AP) — A fire broke out early Thursday and spread quickly through historic Shuri Castle on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying the UNESCO World Heritage site. Firefighters ...

A RAGING inferno has gutted Japan’s 500-year-old Shuri Castle – a World Heritage site that’s revered “like a god”. The blaze ripped through the 14th century building in Okinawa, burning the landmark ...