80 years after WWII, Japanese junior high school badge found in Okinawa natural cave


This school badge believed to be from Kainan junior high school was found in a cave in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture. - The Yomiuri Shimbun

ITOMAN, Okinawa (Japan): Along with the remains of people who died in World War II, a badge from a junior high school was found recently in a gama, which in the Okinawa dialect means natural cave, in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture.

Efforts are underway to identify the remains using the badge, which is believed to be from Kainan junior high school, a private school that was forced to close nine years after its foundation because of the war.

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