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    Okinawa Prefecture (Japanese: 沖縄県, Hepburn: Okinawa-ken) is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan. It has a population of 1,457,162 (as...
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    The Battle of Okinawa (Japanese: 沖縄戦, Hepburn: Okinawa-sen), codenamed Operation Iceberg,: 17  was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island...
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    Okinawa Island (沖縄島, Okinawa-jima, Okinawan: 沖縄/うちなー, Uchinaa Kunigami: ふちなー, Fuchináa), officially Okinawa Main Island (沖縄本島, Okinawa-hontō), is the largest...
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    McTureous, Okinawa Prefecture Camp Courtney, Okinawa Prefecture Camp Foster, Okinawa Prefecture Camp Kinser, Okinawa Prefecture Camp Hansen, Okinawa Prefecture...
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  • Okinawa Prefecture is Japan's southernmost prefecture. Okinawa may also refer to: Okinawa, Okinawa, the second largest city in the prefecture Okinawa...
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    The Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai (沖縄旭琉会, Okinawa Kyokuryū-kai) is a yakuza criminal organization based on the Okinawa island of Japan. A designated yakuza group...
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    The Okinawa Islands (沖縄諸島, Okinawa Shotō, or 沖縄群島, Okinawa Guntō) are an island group in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and are the principal island group of...
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  • Okinawa World (おきなわワールド, Okinawa wārudo) is a theme park in Nanjo, Okinawa. Okinawa World was originally called Gyokusendo Park (玉泉洞公園, Gyokusendo Kōen)...
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    Okinawa City (沖縄市, Okinawa-shi, Japanese: [okinawa]) is the second-largest city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, following Naha, the capital city. It is located...
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    Okinawa soba (沖縄そば) is a type of noodle produced in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Okinawa soba is a regional collective trademark of The Okinawa Noodle Manufacturing...
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    The Okinawa woodpecker (Dendrocopos noguchii), (ノグチゲラ, きーたたちゃー, Noguchigera) is a woodpecker endemic to the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan. Other common...
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  • the United States Navy have been named USS Okinawa, in honor of the Battle of Okinawa. The first USS Okinawa (CVE-127) was to be an escort carrier, but...
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    that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands)...
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    Kadena-chō, Okinawan: Kadina) is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2016, the town had an estimated population...
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    Karate (redirect from Okinawa karate)
    since 1609, but was formally annexed to the Empire of Japan in 1879 as Okinawa Prefecture. The Ryukyuan samurai (Okinawan: samurē) who had been the bearers...
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    Naha (redirect from Naha, Okinawa)
    Naha-shi, Japanese: [naꜜha], Okinawan: Nāfa or Nafa) is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the...
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    which originated among the indigenous people of Okinawa Island. Due to its central location, Okinawa was influenced by various cultures with a long history...
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    civil administration government in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (centered on Okinawa Island), replacing the United States Military Government of the Ryukyu...
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    The Okinawa diet describes the traditional dietary practices of indigenous people of the Ryukyu Islands (belonging to Japan), which were claimed to have...
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    advocating for the independence of the Ryukyu Islands (commonly referred to as Okinawa after the largest island) from Japan. The current political manifestation...
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  • With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa is a World War II memoir by United States Marine Eugene Sledge, first published in 1981. The memoir is based...
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    Okinawa Autotech is an Indian electric vehicle company, headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana. It was founded by Jeetender Sharma and Dr Rupali Sharma in...
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    Kunigami: Ii, Okinawan: Ii (伊江)) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The village lies on the island of Iejima. As of 1 October...
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    romanized: Kitanakagushiku) is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2020[update], the village has an estimated...
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    Ryukyuan language spoken primarily in the southern half of the island of Okinawa, as well as in the surrounding islands of Kerama, Kumejima, Tonaki, Aguni...
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    Okinawa Uno, also called Colonia Okinawa or simply Okinawa, is a small city and municipality of Bolivia, located in Ignacio Warnes Province in Santa Cruz...
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    Ryukyuan: いまきじり Imakijiri) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003[update], the village has an estimated population...
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    The Okinawa robin (Larvivora namiyei) is a passerine bird endemic to Okinawa of Japan. It previously was considered a subspecies of the Ryukyu robin (Larvivora...
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    Ginoza-son, Okinawan: Jinuza) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of March 2022, the village had a population of 6...
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  • as Yeoman "Okinawa (1952) - IMDb". Internet Movie Database. Okinawa at IMDb Okinawa at AllMovie Okinawa at the TCM Movie Database Okinawa at the American...
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