Okinawa Memorial Day, the Glossary
is a public holiday observed in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture annually on June 23 to remember the lives lost during the Battle of Okinawa.[1]
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8 relations: Battle of Okinawa, Government of the Ryukyu Islands, Isamu Chō, Mitsuru Ushijima, Occupation of Japan, Okinawa Prefecture, Public holidays in Japan, Ryukyuan people.
- Culture in Okinawa Prefecture
- Public holidays in Japan
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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Government of the Ryukyu Islands
The was the self-government of native Okinawans during the American occupation of Okinawa.
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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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Mitsuru Ushijima
was a Japanese general who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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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 Prefecture
is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan.
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Public holidays in Japan
were first established by the of 1948.
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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.
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See also
Culture in Okinawa Prefecture
- Eisa (dance)
- Eurobeat
- List of Cultural Properties of Japan - archaeological materials (Okinawa)
- List of Cultural Properties of Japan - crafts (Okinawa)
- List of Cultural Properties of Japan - historical materials (Okinawa)
- List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Okinawa)
- List of Cultural Properties of Japan - sculptures (Okinawa)
- List of Cultural Properties of Japan - writings (Okinawa)
- List of Intangible Cultural Properties of Japan (Okinawa)
- List of Tangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan (Okinawa)
- National Theatre Okinawa
- Okinawa Memorial Day
- Okinawan cuisine
- Okinawan music
- Ryukyuan languages
- Southern Ryukyuan languages
- Writing in the Ryukyu Kingdom
Public holidays in Japan
- Autumnal Equinox Day
- Children's Day (Japan)
- Coming of Age Day
- Constitution Memorial Day
- Culture Day
- Festivals in Japan
- Golden Week (Japan)
- Greenery Day
- Happy Monday System
- Japanese New Year
- Kōreisai
- Labor Thanksgiving Day
- Marine Day
- National Foundation Day (Japan)
- New Year in Japan
- Okinawa Memorial Day
- Public holidays in Japan
- Respect for the Aged Day
- Shōwa Day
- Silver Week
- Sports Day (Japan)
- Tango no sekku
- The Emperor's Birthday
- Vernal Equinox Day
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa_Memorial_Day
Also known as Irei no Hi.