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Agent Orange

Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide and defoliant, one of the tactical use Rainbow Herbicides.

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Aguni, Okinawa

is a village located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Akira Shimada

was the last governor of Okinawa Prefecture before Japan's defeat in 1945.

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Amami Islands

The The name Amami-guntō was standardized on February 15, 2010.

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An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.

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Austronesian peoples

The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Micronesia, coastal New Guinea, Island Melanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar that speak Austronesian languages.

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Battle of Okinawa

The, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.

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Bernard Jean Bettelheim

Bernát Bettelheim or Bernard Jean Bettelheim; 1811, Pozsony, Hungary - February 9, 1870 Brookfield, Missouri, United States) was a Hungarian-born Christian missionary to Okinawa, the first Protestant missionary to be active there.

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Black Ships

The Black Ships (in translit, Edo period term) were the Western vessels arriving in Japan in the 16th and 19th centuries.

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Book of Sui

The Book of Sui is the official history of the Sui dynasty, which ruled China in the years AD 581–618.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Business sector

In economics, the business sector or corporate sector - sometimes popularly called simply "business" - is "the part of the economy made up by companies".

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Camp Courtney

is a U.S. Marine Base located in Uruma City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Camp Schwab

Camp Schwab is a United States Marine Corps camp located in northeastern Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, that is currently home to the 4th Marine Regiment and other elements of the 28,000 American servicemen based on the island.

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Cash (Chinese coin)

The cash or qian was a type of coin of China and the Sinosphere, used from the 4th century BC until the 20th century AD, characterised by their round outer shape and a square center hole.

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Chatan, Okinawa

is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Chūzan

was one of three kingdoms which controlled Okinawa in the 14th century. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Chūzan are Ryukyu Islands.

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Chūzan Seikan

, compiled in 1650 by Shō Shōken, is the first official history of the Ryūkyū Kingdom.

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Chinese dragon

The Chinese Dragon is a legendary creature in Chinese mythology, Chinese folklore, and Chinese culture at large.

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Classical Chinese

Classical Chinese is the language in which the classics of Chinese literature were written, from.

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Classical Japanese

The classical Japanese language (bungo, "literary language"), also called and sometimes simply called "Medieval Japanese", is the literary form of the Japanese language that was the standard until the early Shōwa period (1926–1989).

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Confucianism

Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy (humanistic or rationalistic), religion, theory of government, or way of life.

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Dialect card

A was a system of punishment used in Japanese regional schools in the post-Meiji period to promote standard speech.

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Edmond Papinot

Jacques Edmond-Joseph Papinot (1860–1942) was a French Roman Catholic priest and missionary who was also known in Japan as.

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Eisaku Satō

was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972.

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Eiso (king)

was a semi-legendary ruler of Okinawa Island.

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Emperor of Japan

The emperor of Japan is the hereditary monarch and head of state of Japan.

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Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.

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Ernie Pyle

Ernest Taylor Pyle (August 3, 1900 – April 18, 1945) was an American journalist and war correspondent who is best known for his stories about ordinary American soldiers during World War II.

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Flag of Ryukyu

The is a number of flags that represent the Ryukyu Kingdom, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Ryukyuan people.

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Fujian

Fujian is a province on the southeastern coast of China.

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George H. Kerr

George H. Kerr (November 7, 1911 – August 27, 1992), also known in Taiwan as 葛超智 (or 柯喬治), was a United States diplomat during World War II, and in later years he was an author and an academic.

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Gihon (Ryukyu)

was a legendary local ruler of Okinawa Island.

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Go (game)

# Go is an abstract strategy board game for two players in which the aim is to capture more territory than the opponent by fencing off empty space.

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Google Books

Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.

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Government of the Ryukyu Islands

The was the self-government of native Okinawans during the American occupation of Okinawa.

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Gusuku

often refers to castles or fortresses in the Ryukyu Islands that feature stone walls.

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Gusuku period

The is an era of the history of the Ryukyu Islands corresponding to the spread of sedentary agriculture from Japan and increased social organization, eventually leading to the construction of the namesake gusuku fortresses.

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Han system

Han (藩, "domain") is a Japanese historical term for the estate of a daimyo in the Edo period (1603–1868) and early Meiji period (1868–1912).

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Hōgen rebellion

The was a short civil war fought in order to resolve a dispute about Japanese Imperial succession.

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Higashi, Okinawa

is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Himeyuri students

The, sometimes called "Lily Corps" in English, was a group of 222 students and 18 teachers of the and formed into a nursing unit for the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.

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Hirokazu Nakaima

is a Japanese bureaucrat, business leader, and politician.

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Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo

The is a research institution affiliated with the University of Tokyo that is devoted to the analysis, compilation, and publication of historical source materials concerning Japan.

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Hokuzan

, also known as before the 18th century, located in the north of Okinawa Island, was one of three independent political entities which controlled Okinawa in the 14th century during Sanzan period. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Hokuzan are Ryukyu Islands.

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Hongwu Emperor

Hongwu Emperor (21 October 1328– 24 June 1398), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Ming, personal name Zhu Yuanzhang, courtesy name Guorui, was the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1368 to 1398.

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Hunter-gatherer

A hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living in a community, or according to an ancestrally derived lifestyle, in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local naturally occurring sources, especially wild edible plants but also insects, fungi, honey, bird eggs, or anything safe to eat, and/or by hunting game (pursuing and/or trapping and killing wild animals, including catching fish).

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Ie, Okinawa

is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Iha Fuyū

is considered the father of Okinawaology and was a Japanese scholar who studied various aspects of Japanese and Okinawan culture, customs, linguistics, and folklore.

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Invasion of Ryukyu

The by forces of the Japanese feudal domain of Satsuma took place from March to May of 1609, and marked the beginning of the Ryukyu Kingdom's status as a vassal state under the Satsuma domain.

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Isamu Chō

was an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army known for his support of ultranationalist politics and involvement in a number of attempted coup d'états in pre-World War II Japan.

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Ishigaki Island

, also known as Ishigakijima, is a Japanese island south-west of Okinawa Hontō and the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group, behind Iriomote Island.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Japan Policy Research Institute

The Japan Policy Research Institute (JPRI) is a non-profit organization organized under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code that was founded in 1994 by Chalmers Johnson and Steven C. Clemons in order "to promote public education about Japan, its then growing significance in world affairs, and trans-Pacific international relations." Japan was never the exclusive focus, and JPRI has also published many articles about China, Korea, Southeast Asia, and Inner Asia.

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Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874)

The Japanese punitive expedition to Taiwan in 1874, referred to in Japan as the and in Taiwan and Mainland China as the Mudan incident, was a punitive expedition launched by the Japanese ostensibly in retaliation for the murder of 54 Ryukyuan sailors by Paiwan aborigines near the southwestern tip of Taiwan in December 1871. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874) are Ryukyu Islands.

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Japanese mon (currency)

The was the currency of Japan from the Muromachi period in 1336 until the early Meiji period in 1870.

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Jōmon period

In Japanese history, the is the time between c. 14,000 and 300 BC, during which Japan was inhabited by a diverse hunter-gatherer and early agriculturalist population united through a common Jōmon culture, which reached a considerable degree of sedentism and cultural complexity.

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Jōmon pottery

The is a type of ancient earthenware pottery which was made during the Jōmon period in Japan.

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Jianzhen

Jianzhen (688–763), also known by his Japanese name Ganjin, was a Tang Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan.

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Johnston Atoll

Johnston Atoll is an unincorporated territory of the United States, under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Junk (ship)

A junk is a type of Chinese sailing ship characterized by a central rudder, an overhanging flat transom, watertight bulkheads, and a flat-bottomed design.

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Kadena Air Base

(IATA: DNA, ICAO: RODN) is a United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Kadena Air Base are Ryukyu Islands.

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Kagoshima

, officially, is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

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Kanbun Uechi

was the founder of Uechi-Ryū, one of the primary karate styles of Okinawa.

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Kanji

are the logographic Chinese characters adapted from the Chinese script used in the writing of Japanese.

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Kentsū Yabu

was a karate master in Okinawa, and was among the first people to demonstrate karate in Hawaii.

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King of Ryukyu

, also known as King of Lew Chew,, or more officially, was a title held by several lineages from Okinawa Island until 1879.

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Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan (23 September 1215 – 18 February 1294), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shizu of Yuan and his regnal name Setsen Khan, was the founder and first emperor of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China.

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Kunigami, Okinawa

is a village in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Kyodo News

is a nonprofit cooperative news agency based in Minato, Tokyo.

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Kyushu

is the third-largest island of Japan's four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa).

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Leukemia

Leukemia (also spelled leukaemia; pronounced) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce high numbers of abnormal blood cells.

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Marine Corps Air Station Futenma

is a United States Marine Corps base located in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan, northeast of Naha, on the island of Okinawa.

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Meiji era

The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912.

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Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident

On November 2, 2002, U.S. Marine Corps Major Michael Brown attempted an indecent assault on a Filipina bartender in Okinawa, Japan.

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Micronesians

The Micronesians or Micronesian peoples are various closely related ethnic groups native to Micronesia, a region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean.

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Midden

A midden is an old dump for domestic waste.

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Middle Chinese

Middle Chinese (formerly known as Ancient Chinese) or the Qieyun system (QYS) is the historical variety of Chinese recorded in the Qieyun, a rime dictionary first published in 601 and followed by several revised and expanded editions.

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Minamoto no Tametomo

, also known as, was a samurai who fought in the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156.

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Minatogawa Man

The Minatogawa man or Minatogawa specimens are the prehistoric population of Okinawa, Japan, represented by four skeletons, two male and two female, and some isolated bones dated between 20,000 and 22,000 years BCE.

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Ming dynasty

The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.

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Minoru Ōta

was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, and the final commander of the Japanese naval forces defending the Oroku Peninsula during the Battle of Okinawa.

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Mitsuru Ushijima

was a Japanese general who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

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Miyako Islands

The (also Miyako Jima group) are a group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, belonging to the Ryukyu Islands.

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Miyako-jima

is the largest and the most populous island among the Miyako Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Mon (emblem)

, also called,, and, are Japanese emblems used to decorate and identify an individual, a family, or (more recently) an institution, municipality or business entity.

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Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.

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Mudan incident

The Mudan incident of 1871 (、Japanese: 宮古島島民遭難事件、Japanese: 琉球漂流民殺害事件) was the massacre of 54 Ryukyuan sailors in Qing-era Taiwan who wandered into the central part of Taiwan after their ship shipwrecked off of Taiwan's southeastern coast. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Mudan incident are Ryukyu Islands.

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Naha

is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Nakijin Castle

is a Ryukyuan gusuku located in Nakijin, Okinawa.

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Nanzan

Nanzan (南山), also known as Sannan (山南) before the 18th century, located in the south of Okinawa Island, was one of three independent political entities which controlled Okinawa in the 14th century. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Nanzan are Ryukyu Islands.

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Nisei

is a Japanese-language term used in countries in North America and South America to specify the ethnically Japanese children born in the new country to Japanese-born immigrants (who are called Issei).

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Noro (priestess)

(祝女, sometimes 神女 or 巫女) (nuuru) are priestesses of the Ryukyuan religion at Utaki.

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Occupation of Japan

Japan was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, at the war's end until the Treaty of San Francisco took effect on April 28, 1952.

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Okinawa International University

, is a private university in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1959, and it was chartered as a university in 1972. The current President is Eiken Maetsu.

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Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Okinawa Prefecture are Ryukyu Islands.

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Okinawan kobudō

, literally "old martial way of Okinawa", is the weapon systems of Okinawan martial arts.

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Okinawan language

The Okinawan language (沖縄口, ウチナーグチ) or Central Okinawan is a Northern 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 and a number of smaller peripheral islands.

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Okinawan martial arts

Okinawan martial arts refers to the martial arts, such as karate, tegumi and kobudō, which originated among the indigenous people of Okinawa Island.

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Omoro Sōshi

The is a compilation of ancient poems and songs from Okinawa and the Amami Islands, collected into 22 volumes and written primarily in hiragana with some simple kanji.

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Pechin

, or, historically 大やこもい Opoyakomoi, was a rank among the Yukatchu class of the former Ryukyu Kingdom (modern-day Okinawa, Japan), above the rank of Satunushi and below the rank of Ueekata.

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Pinza-Abu Cave Man

The is a prehistoric people known from bones found in the Pinza-Abu Cave, near Ueno in Miyako Island, southern Japan.

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Porcelain

Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between.

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Project 112

Project 112 was a biological and chemical weapon experimentation project conducted by the United States Department of Defense from 1962 to 1973.

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Provinces of Japan

were first-level administrative divisions of Japan from the 600s to 1868.

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Qing dynasty

The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history.

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Racism in Japan

comprises negative attitudes and views on race or ethnicity which are held by various people and groups in Japan, and have been reflected in discriminatory laws, practices and action (including violence) at various times in the history of Japan against racial or ethnic groups.

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Regent

In a monarchy, a regent is a person appointed to govern a state for the time being because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been determined.

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Republic of China (1912–1949)

The Republic of China (ROC), or simply China, as a sovereign state was based on mainland China from 1912 to 1949, when the government retreated to Taiwan, where it continues to be based.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

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Ryukyu Disposition

The, also called the or the annexation of Okinawa, was the political process during the early years of the Meiji period that saw the incorporation of the former Ryukyu Kingdom into the Empire of Japan as Okinawa Prefecture (i.e., one of Japan's "home" prefectures) and its decoupling from the Chinese tributary system. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Ryukyu Disposition are Ryukyuan history.

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Ryukyu Domain

The was a short-lived domain of the Empire of Japan, lasting from 1872 to 1879, before becoming the current Okinawa Prefecture and other islands at the Pacific edge of the East China Sea. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Ryukyu Domain are Ryukyu Islands.

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Ryukyu independence movement

The or the Republic of the Ryukyus (Japanese:, Kyūjitai:, Hepburn) is a political movement advocating for the independence of the Ryukyu Islands (commonly referred to as Okinawa after the largest island) from Japan. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Ryukyu independence movement are Ryukyu Islands.

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Ryukyu Islands

The, also known as the or the, are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni the westernmost.

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Ryukyu Kingdom

The Ryukyu Kingdom was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 to 1879. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Ryukyu Kingdom are Ryukyu Islands and Ryukyuan history.

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Ryukyuan languages

The, also Lewchewan or Luchuan, are the indigenous languages of the Ryukyu Islands, the southernmost part of the Japanese archipelago. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Ryukyuan languages are Ryukyu Islands.

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Ryukyuan mon

The was the currency used in the Ryukyu Islands.

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Ryukyuan people

The Ryukyuan people (Ruuchuu minzuku or label, Ryūkyū minzoku, also Okinawans, Uchinaanchu, Lewchewan or Loochooan) are a Japonic-speaking East Asian ethnic group native to the Ryukyu Islands, which stretch between the islands of Kyushu and Taiwan. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Ryukyuan people are Ryukyu Islands.

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Ryukyuan religion

The Ryukyuan religion (琉球信仰), Ryūkyū Shintō (琉球神道), Nirai Kanai Shinkō (ニライカナイ信仰), or Utaki Shinkō (御嶽信仰) is the indigenous belief system of the Ryukyu Islands.

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Sai On

(1682–1762), or Cai Wen in Chinese, also known as, was a scholar-bureaucrat official of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, serving as regent, instructor, and advisor to King Shō Kei.

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Sakishima Islands

The (or 先島群島, Sakishima-guntō) (Okinawan: Sachishima, Miyako: Saksїzїma, Yaeyama: Sakїzїma, Yonaguni: Satichima) are an archipelago located at the southernmost end of the Japanese Archipelago. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Sakishima Islands are Ryukyu Islands.

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Samurai

were soldiers who served as retainers to lords (including ''daimyo'') in Feudal Japan.

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Sanshikan

The Sanshikan (三司官 sanshikwan), or Council of Three, was a government body of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, which originally developed out of a council of regents.

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Sanzan period

The is a period in the history of the Okinawa Islands when three lines of kings, namely, and, are said to have co-existed on Okinawa Island.

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Satsuma Domain

The, briefly known as the, was a domain (han) of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1602 to 1871.

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Second-class citizen

A second-class citizen is a person who is systematically and actively discriminated against within a state or other political jurisdiction, despite their nominal status as a citizen or a legal resident there.

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Sessei

shishii was the highest government post of the Ryūkyū Kingdom below the king; the sessei served the function of royal or national advisor.

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Shō En

was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the founder of the Second Shō dynasty. Prior to becoming king, he was known as.

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Shō Hashi

was the last King of Chūzan and the first king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, uniting the three polities of Chūzan, Hokuzan, and Nanzan by conquest and ending the Sanzan period.

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Shō Nei

was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1589 to 1620.

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Shō Shōken

, also known as, was a Ryukyuan scholar and served as sessei, a post often translated as "prime minister," from 1666 to 1673.

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Shō Shin

was a king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the third ruler of the second Shō dynasty.

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Shō Tai

was the last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom (8 June 1848 – 10 October 1872) and the head of the Ryukyu Domain (10 October 1872 – 27 March 1879).

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Shimazu clan

The were the daimyō of the Satsuma han, which spread over Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga provinces in Japan. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Shimazu clan are Ryukyu Islands.

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Shinto

Shinto is a religion originating in Japan.

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Shishō

, or in later sources, was Anji of Sashiki and later King of Chūzan, one of three polities on the island of Okinawa, before they were united.

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Shunten

, also known as, was a legendary ruler of Okinawa Island.

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Shuri Castle

is a Ryukyuan gusuku castle in Shuri, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Shuri, Okinawa

is a district of the city of Naha, Okinawa, Japan.

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Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.

Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (July 18, 1886 – June 18, 1945) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army during World War II who served in the Pacific Theater.

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Special Action Committee on Okinawa

The Special Action Committee on Okinawa (SACO) is a formal agreement made between the United States Government and the Government of Japan.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.

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Takuji Iwasaki

was a Japanese meteorologist, biologist, ethnologist historian.

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Taoism

Taoism or Daoism is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao—generally understood as an impersonal, enigmatic process of transformation ultimately underlying reality.

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Ten thousand years

In various East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, the phrase "Wànsuì", "Banzai", "Manse", and "Vạn tuế", respectively, meaning "myriad years" is used to wish long life, and is typically translated as "Long live" in English.

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The Japan Times

The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.

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Tom Schieffer

John Thomas Schieffer (born October 4, 1947) is an American diplomat and entrepreneur who served as U.S. Ambassador to Australia from 2001 to 2005 and as U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 2005 to 2009.

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Treaty of San Francisco

The, also called the, re-established peaceful relations between Japan and the Allied Powers on behalf of the United Nations by ending the legal state of war, military occupation and providing for redress for hostile actions up to and including World War II.

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Tributary state

A tributary state is a pre-modern state in a particular type of subordinate relationship to a more powerful state which involved the sending of a regular token of submission, or tribute, to the superior power (the suzerain).

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U.S.–Japan Status of Forces Agreement

U.S.–Japan Status of Forces Agreement (formally, the "Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America, Regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan") is an agreement between Japan and the United States signed on 19 January 1960 in Washington, the same day as the revised U.S.-Japan Security Treaty.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Unexploded ordnance

Unexploded ordnance (UXO, sometimes abbreviated as UO), unexploded bombs (UXBs), and explosive remnants of war (ERW or ERoW) are explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, cluster munition, and other munitions) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, sometimes many decades after they were used or discarded.

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United Nations Trusteeship Council

The United Nations Trusteeship Council is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, established to help ensure that trust territories were administered in the best interests of their inhabitants and of international peace and security.

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United States Army Center of Military History

The United States Army Center of Military History (CMH) is a directorate within the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.

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United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands

The was the civil administration government in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (centered on Okinawa Island), replacing the United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (itself created at the conclusion of World War II) in 1950, and functioned until the islands were returned to Japan in 1972.

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United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands

The, also referred to as U.S. Ryukyu Islands, was the government in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (centered on the Okinawa Island) from 1945 to 1950, whereupon it was replaced by the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (USCAR).

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University of California, Santa Barbara

The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.

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University of Otago

The University of Otago (Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka) is a public research collegiate university based in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

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Urasoe Castle

is a Ryukyuan gusuku which served as the capital of the medieval Okinawan principality of Chūzan prior to the unification of the island into the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the moving of the capital to Shuri.

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USNS Schuyler Otis Bland

USNS Schuyler Otis Bland also known as SS Schuyler Otis Bland is the only ship of the series C3-S-DX1 (Freedom-class).

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Vassal

A vassal or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe.

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Vassal state

A vassal state is any state that has a mutual obligation to a superior state or empire, in a status similar to that of a vassal in the feudal system in medieval Europe.

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Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson (born September 5, 1953) is an American classicist, military historian, and conservative political commentator.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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Yaeyama Islands

The Yaeyama Islands (八重山列島 Yaeyama-rettō, also 八重山諸島 Yaeyama-shotō, Yaeyama: Yaima, Yonaguni: Daama, Okinawan: Yeema, Northern Ryukyuan: やへま Yapema) are an archipelago in the southwest of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and cover. History of the Ryukyu Islands and Yaeyama Islands are Ryukyu Islands.

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Yamashita Cave Man

The are the prehistoric humans known from many bones found in the Yamashita limestone cave located on the grounds of the Yamashita First Cave Site Park in Naha, Okinawa, Japan.

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Yayoi period

The started in the late Neolithic period in Japan, continued through the Bronze Age, and towards its end crossed into the Iron Age.

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Zamami, Okinawa

is a village located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement

The was an agreement between the United States and Japan in which the United States agreed to relinquish in favor of Japan all rights and interests under Article III of the Treaty of San Francisco, which had been obtained as a result of the Pacific War, and thus return Okinawa Prefecture to Japanese sovereignty.

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1995 Okinawa rape incident

The 1995 Okinawa rape incident (沖縄米兵少女暴行事件) occurred on September 4, 1995, when three U.S. servicemen, 22-year-old U.S. Navy Seaman Marcus Gill, 21-year-old U.S. Marines Rodrico Harp, and 20-year-old Kendrick Ledet, all serving at Camp Hansen on Okinawa, rented a van and kidnapped a 12-year-old Okinawan girl.

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267th Chemical Company

The 267th Chemical Company was a military unit of the U.S. Army Chemical Corps responsible for the surety of chemical warfare agents dubbed "RED HAT" deployed to the Islands of Okinawa, Japan and subsequently Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

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730 (transport)

The was the day July 30, 1978, when Okinawa Prefecture of Japan switched back from driving on the right-hand side of the road to the left.

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References

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