The Amami language or languages (島口, シマユムタ), also known as Amami Ōshima or simply Ōshima ('Big Island'), is a Ryukyuan language spoken in the Amami Islands south of Kyūshū.

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Amami Islands

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

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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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Awamori

Awamori (泡盛, Okinawan: アームイ, āmui) is an alcoholic beverage indigenous and unique to Okinawa, Japan.

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Awich

, known professionally as, is a Japanese hip hop artist.

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Ōgimi

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

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B.League

The B.League is a professional men's basketball league in Japan that began play in September 2016.

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Banjo

The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator.

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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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Beheiren

Beheiren (ベ平連; short for Betonamu ni Heiwa o! Shimin Rengo (ベトナムに平和を！市民連合), "The Citizen's League for Peace in Vietnam") was an antiwar Japanese "New Left" activist group that existed from 1965 to 1974 which protested Japanese assistance to the United States during the Vietnam War.

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Ben Shepherd

Hunter Benedict Shepherd (born September 20, 1968) is an American musician best known as the bassist of rock band Soundgarden.

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Beni (singer)

is a Japanese R&B singer, who debuted in 2004 under the Avex Trax label.

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Bingata

(紅型, literally "red style") is a traditional stencilled resist dyeing technique originating in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News (originally Bloomberg Business News) is an international news agency headquartered in New York City and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg.com, and Bloomberg's mobile platforms.

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Blue zone

A blue zone is a region in the world where people are claimed to have exceptionally long lives beyond the age of 80 due to a lifestyle combining physical activity, low stress, rich social interactions, a local whole-foods diet, and low disease incidence. Okinawa Prefecture and blue zone are blue zones.

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Boeing B-29 Superfortress

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War.

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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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Bullock cart

A bullock cart or ox cart (sometimes called a bullock carriage when carrying people in particular) is a two-wheeled or four-wheeled vehicle pulled by oxen.

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Byron Fija

Byron Fija (''Okinawan'': 比嘉光龍, Fija Bairon; born 1 September 1969 in Naha) is an Okinawan linguist who practices Okinawan language and activist.

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Camp Courtney

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

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Camp Foster

Camp Foster, formerly known as Camp Zukeran (キャンプ・フォスター), is a United States Marine Corps camp located in Ginowan City with portions overlapping into Okinawa City, Chatan town and Kitanakagusuku village in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa Island.

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Camp Gonsalves

Camp Gonsalves is a U.S. Marine Corps jungle warfare training area located in northern Okinawa, Japan, across the villages of Kunigami and Higashi.

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Camp Hansen

Camp Hansen is a United States Marine Corps base located in Okinawa, Japan.

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Camp Kinser

Camp Kinser is a United States Marine Corps logistics base in Okinawa, Japan.

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Camp McTureous

Camp McTureous (Japanese: キャンプ・マクトリアス Kyampu Makutoriasu) is part of Marine Corps Base Butler in Kawasaki and Nishihara, Uruma City, Okinawa, 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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Cape Manzamo

Cape Manzamo (万座毛, Manzamou lit. "a field for 10,000 people to sit") is a scenic rock formation on Okinawa Island, Japan.

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Chatan, Okinawa

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

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Chōjun Miyagi

was an Okinawan martial artist who founded the Gōjū-ryū school of karate by blending Okinawan and Chinese influences.

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Chikako Yamashiro

is a Japanese filmmaker and video artist.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Chinese culture

Chinese culture is one of the world's oldest cultures, originating thousands of years ago.

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Chinese martial arts

Chinese martial arts, commonly referred to with umbrella terms kung fu, kuoshu or wushu, are multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China.

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Chunichi Dragons

The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice (born November 14, 1954) is an American diplomat and political scientist who is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

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Coral

Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria.

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Cornerstone of Peace

The Cornerstone of Peace is a monument in Itoman commemorating the Battle of Okinawa and the role of Okinawa during World War II.

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Cram school

A cram school (colloquially: crammer, test prep, tuition center, or exam factory) is a specialized school that trains its students to achieve particular goals, most commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high schools or universities.

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Cultural Property (Japan)

A is administered by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), and includes tangible properties (structures and works of art or craft); intangible properties (performing arts and craft techniques); folk properties both tangible and intangible; monuments historic, scenic and natural; cultural landscapes; and groups of traditional buildings.

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Culture of Thailand

The culture of Thailand is a unique blend of various influences that have evolved over time.

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Daichi Miura

is a Japanese singer, songwriter, dancer, and choreographer.

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Daitō Islands

The are an archipelago consisting of three isolated coral islands in the Philippine Sea southeast of Okinawa. Okinawa Prefecture and Daitō Islands are Ryukyu Islands.

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Dave Roberts (baseball manager)

David Ray Roberts (born May 31, 1972), nicknamed "Doc", is a Japanese-American professional baseball manager and former outfielder who is the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Deadweight loss

In economics, deadweight loss is the loss of societal economic welfare due to production/consumption of a good at a quantity where marginal benefit (to society) does not equal marginal cost (to society) – in other words, there are either goods being produced despite the cost of doing so being larger than the benefit, or additional goods are not being produced despite the fact that the benefits of their production would be larger than the costs.

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Denny Tamaki

is a Japanese politician and the current Governor of Okinawa Prefecture since August 2018.

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Department of Defense Dependents Schools

The Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) are a network of schools, both primary and secondary, that serve the dependents of United States military and civilian United States Department of Defense (DoD) personnel in three areas of the world; Europe, Pacific, and Eastern United States and Caribbean areas.

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Districts of Japan

In Japan, a is composed of one or more rural municipalities (towns or villages) within a prefecture.

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Dugong

The dugong (Dugong dugon) is a marine mammal.

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East China Sea

The East China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China.

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Eiki Matayoshi

is a contemporary Japanese writer.

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Eisa (dance)

(エイサー) is a form of folk dance originating from the Okinawa Islands, Japan.

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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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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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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Environmental degradation

Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as quality of air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife; and pollution.

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Erythrina variegata

Erythrina variegata, commonly known as tiger's claw or Indian coral tree, is a species of Erythrina native to the tropical and subtropical regions of eastern Africa, the Indian subcontinent, northern Australia, and the islands of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean east to Fiji.

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FC Ryukyu

is a Japanese professional football club based in Okinawa.

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Fort Buckner

Fort Buckner is a United States Army base located immediately south of Camp Foster, near Futenma, on Okinawa, Japan.

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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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Gackt

, better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor.

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Gōjū-ryū

, Japanese for "hard-soft style", is one of the main traditional Okinawa styles of karate, featuring a combination of hard and soft techniques. Both principles, hard and soft, come from the famous martial arts book used by Okinawan masters during the 19th and 20th centuries, the Bubishi. Gō, which means hard, refers to closed hand techniques or straight linear attacks; jū, which means soft, refers to open hand techniques and circular movements.

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Gichin Funakoshi

was the founder of Shotokan karate.

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Gigō Funakoshi

(1906 – 24 November 1945) was the third son of Gichin Funakoshi (the founder of Shotokan karate) and is widely credited with developing the foundation of the modern karate Shotokan style.

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Ginowan, Okinawa

(translit) is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Ginoza, Okinawa

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

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Green Light Teams

Green Light Teams were teams of American special forces units during the height of the Cold War.

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Guam

Guam (Guåhan) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean.

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Gusuku

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

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The is an UNESCO World Heritage Site which consists of nine sites all located in the Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Haebaru, Okinawa

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

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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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Hateruma Airport

is located on Hateruma island in Taketomi, Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.

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Hearts Grow

Hearts Grow was a Japanese band from Motobu, Okinawa.

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Heisman Trophy

The Heisman Memorial Trophy (also known simply as the Heisman Trophy) is awarded annually since 1935 to the most outstanding player in college football.

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Helen Hardacre

Helen Hardacre (born May 20, 1949) is an American Japanologist.

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Helipad

A helipad is a landing area or platform for helicopters and powered lift aircraft.

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Higashi, Okinawa

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

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Housing in Japan

Housing in Japan includes modern and traditional styles.

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Hualien County

Hualien County (Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: Huālián Xiàn; Hokkien POJ: Hoa-lian-koān or Hoa-liân-koān; Hakka PFS: Fâ-lièn-yen; Amis: Kalingko) is a county on the east coast of Taiwan.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters.

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Ie, Okinawa

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

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Iejima

, previously romanized in English as Ie Shima, is an island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, lying a few kilometers off the Motobu Peninsula on Okinawa Island.

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Iejima Airport

is located on the island of Iejima in Ie, Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Iheya, Okinawa

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

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Imperial Japanese Army

The (IJA) was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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INI (Japanese boy group)

is a Japanese boy band formed through the reality competition show Produce 101 Japan 2.

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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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Irabu Prefectural Natural Park

is a Prefectural Natural Park on and around the islands of Irabu and Shimojishima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Iriomote cat

The Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis) is a subspecies of the leopard cat that lives exclusively on the Japanese island of Iriomote.

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Iriomote Island

is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands of Japan, and the second largest in Okinawa Prefecture after Okinawa Island itself.

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Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park

is a national park in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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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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Ishigaki, Okinawa

is a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Isshin-ryū

is a style of Okinawan karate created by Tatsuo Shimabuku (島袋龍夫) in approximately 1947/1948 (and named its present name on January 15, 1956).

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Itoman, Okinawa

is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Izena, Okinawa

is a village occupying Izena Island in the north of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan (though administered as part of Shimajiri District).

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J.League

The, commonly a.k.a. shortened to the, and officially known as the for sponsorship with Meiji Yasuda Life, is the men's association football league in Japan.

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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 men's national basketball team

The Japan national basketball team, also known as Akatsuki Japan (アカツキジャパン), is the national team representing Japan in international basketball competitions and is administered by the Japan Basketball Association (JBA), (Japanese: 日本バスケットボール協会, Nihon Basukettobōru Kyōkai).

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Japan's non-nuclear weapons policy

Japan's non-nuclear weapons policy is a policy popularly articulated as the Three Non-Nuclear Principles of non-possession, non-production, and non-introduction of nuclear weapons imposed by Douglas MacArthur during the Allied occupation of Japan following the Second World War.

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Japanese language

is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.

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Japanese yen

The is the official currency of Japan.

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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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Jellyfish

Jellyfish, also known as sea jellies, are the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, which is a major part of the phylum Cnidaria.

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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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JO1

is a Japanese boy band formed through the first season of Produce 101 Japan by Lapone Entertainment, a joint venture between Yoshimoto Kogyo and CJ ENM.

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Jon Mitchell (journalist)

Jon Mitchell is a Welsh journalist and author residing in Yokohama, Japan.

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Juku

Gakushū juku (学習塾; see cram school) are private, fee-paying schools that offer supplementary classes often in preparation for key school and university entrance exams.

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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. Okinawa Prefecture and Kadena Air Base are Ryukyu Islands.

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Kadena, Okinawa

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

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Kagoshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Okinawa Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture are Kyushu region and prefectures of 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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Karate

(Okinawan pronunciation), also, is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

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Karate at the Summer Olympics

Karate was first included in the Summer Olympic Games at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, Japan.

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Kayōkyoku

is a Japanese pop music genre, which became a base of modern J-pop.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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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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Kerama Airport

is an airport serving the Kerama Islands in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Kerama Islands

The are a subtropical island group southwest of Okinawa Island in Japan.

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Kerama Shotō National Park

is a national park in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Kin, Okinawa

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

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Kitadaitō, Okinawa

is a village consisting of the islands of Kitadaitōjima and Okidaitōjima of Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Kitadaitōjima

, also spelled as Kita Daitō, Kita-Daitō-shima, and Kitadaitō, is the northernmost island in the Daitō Islands group, located in the Philippine Sea southeast of Okinawa, Japan.

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Kitadaito Airport

is located on the island of Kitadaitōjima in the village of Kitadaitō, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa

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

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Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.

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Kumejima Airport

is an airport in Kumejima, a city and island in the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan.

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Kumejima Prefectural Natural Park

is a Prefectural Natural Park in the islands of Kumejima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Kumejima, Okinawa

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

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Kumi Odori

is a form of narrative traditional Ryūkyūan dance.

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Kunigami District, Okinawa

is a district located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Kunigami language

The Kunigami or Northern Okinawan language, is a Ryukyuan language of Northern Okinawa Island in Kunigami District and city of Nago, otherwise known as the Yanbaru region, historically the territory of the kingdom of Hokuzan.

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Kunigami, Okinawa

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

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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). Okinawa Prefecture and Kyushu are Kyushu region.

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List of capitals in Japan

A prefectural capital is a city where a prefectural government and assembly is located.

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List of Cultural Properties of Japan - structures (Okinawa)

This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of for the Prefecture of Okinawa.

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List of current Japanese governors

The governor is the highest ranking executive of a prefecture in Japan.

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List of Historic Sites of Japan (Okinawa)

This list is of the Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefecture of Okinawa.

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List of islands of Japan

Japan is an island country of 14,125 islands, of which approximately 260 are inhabited.

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List of Japanese prefectures by area

Figures here are according to the official estimates of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture and List of Japanese prefectures by area are prefectures of Japan.

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List of Japanese prefectures by population

This is a list of Japanese prefectures by population. Okinawa Prefecture and list of Japanese prefectures by population are prefectures of Japan.

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List of national parks of Japan

and of Japan are places of scenic beauty that are designated for protection and sustainable use by the Minister of the Environment under the of 1957.

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List of national universities in Japan

As of 2013, there were 86, 90 public universities and 606 private universities in Japan.

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List of regions of Japan

Japan is divided into eight regions.

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List of universities in Japan

The following is a comprehensive list of universities in Japan, categorized by prefecture.

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Longevity

Longevity may refer to especially long-lived members of a population, whereas life expectancy is defined statistically as the average number of years remaining at a given age.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.

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Makoto Oda

was a Japanese novelist, peace activist, academic and Time Asian Hero.

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Manatee

Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows.

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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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Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz

Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz is a U.S. Marine Corps facility located in the village of Dededo in northwest Guam.

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Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler

Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler (or simply Butler Marine Base) is a United States Marine Corps base located in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa.

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Marine Corps Installations Pacific

The Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC) is the single, regional authority for accountability of regional installation management resources and services within the Pacific area of operations.

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Martial arts

Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defence; military and law enforcement applications; competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage.

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Matsubayashi-ryū

Matsubayashi-Ryū (松林流), is a style of Okinawan karate founded in 1947 by Shōshin Nagamine (1907–1997) (an Okina Sensei).

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Meiji Restoration

The Meiji Restoration (Meiji Ishin), referred to at the time as the, and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

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Merle Dandridge

Merle Dandridge (born May 31, 1975) is an American actress and singer.

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Michael Carter (running back)

Michael Carter (born May 7, 1999) is an American football running back for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL).

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Minami-Daito Airport

is an airport in Minamidaitō, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Minamidaitō, Okinawa

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

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Minamidaitōjima

, also spelt as Minami Daitō or Minami-Daitō, is the largest island in the Daitō Islands group southeast of Okinawa, Japan.

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Mineo Higashi

Mineo Higashi (born 1938) is a Japanese writer.

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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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Ministry of the Environment (Japan)

The is a Cabinet-level ministry of the government of Japan responsible for global environmental conservation, pollution control, and nature conservation.

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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 Airport

is an airport on Miyako-jima (Miyako Island) in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan.

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Miyako District, Okinawa

is a district located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, that consists of a single village, Tarama.

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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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Miyakoan language

The Miyakoan language (宮古口/ミャークフツ Myākufutsu/Myākufutsї or 島口/スマフツ Sumafutsu/Sїmafutsї, Miyako-go) is a diverse dialect cluster spoken in the Miyako Islands, located southwest of Okinawa.

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Miyakojima, Okinawa

is a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, located on the Miyako Islands.

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are social support groups that form in order to provide varying support from social, financial, health, or spiritual interests.

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Motobu, Okinawa

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

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Municipalities of Japan

Japan has three levels of governments: national, prefectural, and municipal.

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Nago

is a city located in the northern part of Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Naha

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

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Naha Airport

is an international airport located west of the city hall in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Naha Port Facility

The Naha Port Facility, formerly the Naha Military Port, is a United States Forces Japan facility located in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, at the mouth of, which flows into the East China Sea.

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Nakagami District, Okinawa

is a district located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Nakagusuku, Okinawa

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

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Nakijin, Okinawa

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

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Names of Okinawa

is a name with multiple referents.

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Namie Amuro

Namie Amuro (Amuro Namie; born September 20, 1977) is a retired Japanese singer.

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Nanjō

is a city located in the southern part of Okinawa Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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National Diet

The is the national legislature of Japan.

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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

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New Ishigaki Airport

,, also branded as,The phrase "pai nu" comes from the Yaeyama language.

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Nippon Professional Baseball

is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan.

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Nishihara, Okinawa

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

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Noise pollution

Noise pollution, or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise or sound with ranging impacts on the activity of human or animal life, most of which are harmful to a degree.

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Noriyuki Sugasawa

is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Nagasaki Velca of the B.League in Japan.

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Nova (eikaiwa)

Nova (formerly Nova Group) is a large eikaiwa school (private English teaching company) in Japan.

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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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Okidaitōjima

, also spelled as Oki Daitō Island or Oki-Daitō or Oki-no-Daitō, previously known as, is an abandoned island in the Daitō Islands group southeast of Okinawa, Japan.

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Okinawa (city)

is the second-largest city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, following Naha, the capital city.

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Okinawa Arena

The Okinawa Arena, also provisionally known as the Okinawa City Multi-Purpose Arena, is an indoor arena in Okinawa, Japan.

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Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

The, formerly known as the Okinawa Ocean Expo Aquarium, is a public aquarium located within the Ocean Expo Park in Okinawa, Japan.

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Okinawa diet

The Okinawa diet describes the traditional dietary practices of indigenous people of the Ryukyu Islands (belonging to Japan), which were claimed to have contributed to their relative longevity over a period of study in the 20th century.

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Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

is a private, interdisciplinary graduate school located in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Okinawa Island

, officially, is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region. Okinawa Prefecture and Okinawa Island are Ryukyu Islands.

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Okinawa Islands

The are an island group in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and are the principal island group of the prefecture. Okinawa Prefecture and Okinawa Islands are Ryukyu Islands.

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Okinawa Kaigan Quasi-National Park

is a Quasi-National Park on the coast of Okinawa and the Kerama Islands, Japan.

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Okinawa Open

The Asia Japan Okinawa Open was a men's professional golf tournament that was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Japan Golf Tour.

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Okinawa Prefectural Assembly

The is the prefectural parliament of Okinawa.

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Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education

The Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education (沖縄県教育委員会) is the prefectural education agency of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan.

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Okinawa rail

The Okinawa rail (Hypotaenidia okinawae) is a species of bird in the rail family, Rallidae.

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Okinawa Senseki Quasi-National Park

is a Quasi-National Park around the battlefields of south Okinawa, Japan.

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Okinawa Shogaku High School

is a middle school and high school in the Kokuba district of Naha, Okinawa.

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Okinawa Urban Monorail

The, also known as, is a monorail line serving the cities of Naha and Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan.

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Okinawa woodpecker

The is a woodpecker endemic to the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan.

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Okinawan Japanese

is the Japanese language as spoken by the people of Okinawa 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 music

is the music associated with the Okinawa Islands of southwestern Japan.

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Onna, Okinawa

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

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Operation Red Hat

Operation Red Hat was a United States Department of Defense movement of chemical warfare munitions from Okinawa, Japan to Johnston Atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, which occurred in 1971. Okinawa Prefecture and Operation Red Hat are Japan–United States relations.

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Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War

Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War began with demonstrations in 1965 against the escalating role of the United States in the Vietnam War.

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Orange Range

are a 5-member Japanese rock band, based in Okinawa, Japan.

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Paleolithic

The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic, also called the Old Stone Age, is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which represents almost the entire period of human prehistoric technology.

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Papaya

The papaya, papaw, or pawpaw is the plant species Carica papaya, one of the 21 accepted species in the genus Carica of the family Caricaceae, and also the name of its fruit.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Pineapple

The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.

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Pinus luchuensis

Pinus luchuensis, commonly called Luchu pine or Okinawa pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae endemic to, and locally abundant in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

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Pit viper

The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers,Mehrtens JM (1987).

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Population pyramid

A population pyramid (age structure diagram) or "age-sex pyramid" is a graphical illustration of the distribution of a population (typically that of a country or region of the world) by age groups and sex; it typically takes the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing.

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Prefectures of Japan

Japan is divided into 47 prefectures (todōfuken), which rank immediately below the national government and form the country's first level of jurisdiction and administrative division.

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Prime Minister of Japan

The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government and the highest political position of Japan.

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Protobothrops elegans

Protobothrops elegans is a venomous pitviper species endemic to Japan in the southern Ryukyu Islands.

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Protobothrops flavoviridis

Protobothrops flavoviridis is a species of venomous pit viper endemic to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

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Pterocaesio

Pterocaesio is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, fuiliers belonging to the family Caesionidae.

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Pythonidae

The Pythonidae, commonly known as pythons, are a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia.

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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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Rimi Natsukawa

is a Japanese singer.

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Rino Nakasone

is a Japanese dancer, choreographer, artistic director and actor.

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Robert Griffin III

Robert Lee Griffin III (born February 12, 1990), nicknamed RGIII or RG3, is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons, most notably with the Washington Redskins.

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Romanization of Japanese

The romanization of Japanese is the use of Latin script to write the Japanese language.

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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. Okinawa Prefecture and Ryukyu Domain are Ryukyu Islands.

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Ryukyu Golden Kings

are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Okinawa City, Okinawa.

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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. Okinawa Prefecture 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. Okinawa Prefecture and Ryukyu Islands are Kyushu region.

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Ryukyu Kingdom

The Ryukyu Kingdom was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 to 1879. Okinawa Prefecture and Ryukyu Kingdom are Ryukyu Islands.

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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. Okinawa Prefecture and Ryukyuan languages are 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. Okinawa Prefecture and Ryukyuan people are Ryukyu Islands.

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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. Okinawa Prefecture and Sakishima Islands are Ryukyu Islands.

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Sanshin

The is an Okinawan and Amami Islands musical instrument and precursor of the mainland Japanese (三味線).

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Sanxian

The (literally "three strings") is a three-stringed traditional Chinese lute.

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Saori Minami

(real name Akemi Shinoyama (篠山明美), née Akemi Uchima (内間明美); Christian name Cynthia) is a Japanese retired J-pop singer-songwriter.

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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. Okinawa Prefecture and Satsuma Domain are Kyushu region.

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Satsunan Islands

The is a geopolitical name for a group of islands that forms the northern part of the Ryukyu Islands. Okinawa Prefecture and Satsunan Islands are Ryukyu Islands.

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Sea turtle

Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea), sometimes called marine turtles, are reptiles of the order Testudines and of the suborder Cryptodira.

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Senkaku Islands

The Senkaku Islands, also known as the Pinnacle Islands or the Diaoyu Islands in China and as the Tiaoyutai Islands in Taiwan, are a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, administered by Japan.

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Shamisen

The, also known as or (all meaning "three strings"), is a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese instrument.

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Shōrin-ryū

Shōrin-ryū (少林流) is one of the major modern Okinawan martial arts and is one of the oldest styles of karate.

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Shōrin-ryū Shōrinkan

is a branch of the Kobayashi Shōrin-ryū style of Okinawan karate, developed by Shūgorō Nakazato, Hanshi 10th Dan.

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Shōrinji-ryū

(also known as Sakugawa Koshiki Shōrinji-ryū Karatedō) is a form of karate derived from the teachings of Kanga Sakukawa.

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Shōrinjiryū Kenkōkan Karate

is a style of karate founded by Kōri Hisataka (Seiki Kudaka in Okinawan) (1907–1988) shortly after World War II in Japan.

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Shimajiri District, Okinawa

is a district located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Shimazu clan

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

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Shimojishima Airport

is located on the island of Shimojishima in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Shisa

is a traditional Ryukyuan cultural artifact and decoration derived from Chinese guardian lions, often seen in similar pairs, resembling a cross between a lion and a dog, from Okinawan mythology.

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Shitō-ryū

is a form of karate that was founded in 1934 by.

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Shotokan

is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945).

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Shun Medoruma

is a Japanese writer, who, along with Tatsuhiro Oshiro, Tami Sakiyama, and Eiki Matayoshi, is one of the most important contemporary writers from Okinawa, Japan. Early in his career he won the 11th Ryukyu Shimpō Short Story Prize in 1983 for "Taiwan Woman: Record of a Fish Shoal" ("Gyogunki"), translated by Shi-Lin Loh in Islands of Protest: Japanese Literature from Okinawa, and the New Okinawan Literature Prize in 1986 for "Walking the Street Named Peace Boulevard" ("Heiwa doori to nazukerareta machi o aruite").

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Shuri Castle

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

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Soundgarden

Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Southeast Botanical Gardens

The is a commercial botanical garden located in the city of Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Square kilometre

The square kilometre (square kilometer in American spelling; symbol: km2) is a multiple of the square metre, the SI unit of area or surface area.

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Square mile

The square mile (abbreviated as sq mi and sometimes as mi2)Rowlett, Russ (September 1, 2004).

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Stereopony

was a Japanese pop rock band that formed in Okinawa, Japan, in 2007 and disbanded in 2012.

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Stone Age

The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface.

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Sugarcane

Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, perennial grass (in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production.

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Super Shisa

Yoshiyuki Saito (born April 9, 1970) is a Japanese professional wrestler and restaurant owner best known by his ring name Super Shisa. He is best known for wrestling in Dragon Gate, where he was employed from its inception until April 2022.

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Suzerainty

Suzerainty includes the rights and obligations of a person, state, or other polity which controls the foreign policy and relations of a tributary state but allows the tributary state internal autonomy.

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Taiwan

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

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Takeshi Onaga

(2 October 1950 – 8 August 2018) was a Japanese politician and the seventh Governor of Okinawa Prefecture from 2014 to 2018.

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Taketomi, Okinawa

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

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Takuji Iwasaki

was a Japanese meteorologist, biologist, ethnologist historian.

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Tamlyn Tomita

Tamlyn Naomi Tomita (born January 27, 1966) is an American actress.

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Tarama Airport

is located in Tarama, Miyako District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Tarama Prefectural Natural Park

is a Prefectural Natural Park on and around the islands of Tarama and Minna, in the village of Tarama, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Tarama, Okinawa

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

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Tatsuhiro Ōshiro

was an Okinawan novelist and playwright from Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.

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Tegumi

or is a traditional form of wrestling from Okinawa.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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The Asahi Shimbun

is one of the five largest newspapers in Japan.

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The Economist

The Economist is a British weekly newspaper published in printed magazine format and digitally.

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The Pentagon

The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II.

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Three Non-Nuclear Principles

Japan's are a parliamentary resolution (never adopted into law) that have guided Japanese nuclear policy since their inception in the late 1960s, and reflect general public sentiment and national policy since the end of World War II.

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Tina Tamashiro

is a Japanese actress and model.

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Tokashiki, Okinawa

is a village located in the Kerama Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate (Tokugawa bakufu), also known as the, was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.

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Tokyo

Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.

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Tokyo Yakult Swallows

The Tokyo Yakult Swallows are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League.

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Tomigusuku, Okinawa

is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Tonaki Prefectural Natural Park

is a Prefectural Natural Park on and around the island of Tonaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Tonaki, Okinawa

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

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Torii Station

US Army Garrison Okinawa is a US Army facility located in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Toshiyuki Sakuda

is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in the Japanese promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).

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Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan

The, more commonly known as the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty in English and as the or just in Japanese, is a treaty that permits the presence of U.S. military bases on Japanese soil, and commits the two nations to defend each other if one or the other is attacked "in the territories under the administration of Japan". Okinawa Prefecture and treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan are Japan–United States relations.

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Tributary system of China

The tributary system of China, or Cefeng system at its height was a network of loose international relations centered around China which facilitated trade and foreign relations by acknowledging China's hegemonic role within a Sinocentric world order.

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Tropical rainforest climate

A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator.

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Typhoon

A typhoon is a tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere and which produces sustained hurricane-force winds of at least.

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Uechi-Ryū

is a traditional style of Okinawan karate. Uechi-Ryū means "Style of Uechi" or "School of Uechi". Originally called Pangai-noon, which translates to English as "half-hard, half-soft", the style was renamed Uechi-Ryū after the founder of the style, Kanbun Uechi, an Okinawan who went to Fuzhou in Fujian Province, China to study martial arts and Chinese medicine when he was 19 years old.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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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. Okinawa Prefecture and United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands are former regions and territories of the United States and Japan–United States relations.

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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United States Forces Japan

is a subordinate unified command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. Okinawa Prefecture and United States Forces Japan are Japan–United States relations.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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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). Okinawa Prefecture and United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands are former regions and territories of the United States and Japan–United States relations.

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University of Maryland Global Campus

The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC, formerly University of Maryland University College) is a public university in Adelphi, Maryland.

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University of the Ryukyus

The, abbreviated to, is a Japanese national university in Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan.

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Urasoe, Okinawa

is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Uruma

is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Values (heritage)

The values embodied in cultural heritage are identified in order to assess significance, prioritize resources, and inform conservative-restorative decision-making.

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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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Veneration of the dead

The veneration of the dead, including one's ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Wadō-ryū

is one of the four major karate styles and was founded by Hironori Ōtsuka (1892–1982).

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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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The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) is the website of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI).

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yaese, Okinawa

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

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Yaeyama District, Okinawa

is a district located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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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. Okinawa Prefecture and Yaeyama Islands are Ryukyu Islands.

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Yaeyama language

The Yaeyama language (八重山物言/ヤイマムニ, Yaimamuni) is a Southern Ryukyuan language spoken in the Yaeyama Islands, the southernmost inhabited island group in Japan, with a combined population of about 53,000.

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Yamato people

The or the David Blake Willis and Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu:, p. 272: "Wajin," which is written with Chinese characters that can also be read "Yamato no hito" (Yamato person).

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Yambaru

is the Okinawan and Kunigami name given to the forested northern part of Okinawa Island in Japan.

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Yambaru National Park

is a national park in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Yilan County, Taiwan

Yilan County, alternately spelled I-lan, is a county in northeastern Taiwan.

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Yokohama DeNA BayStars

The are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League.

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Yomitan

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

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Yonabaru, Okinawa

is a town in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Yonaguni

, one of the Yaeyama Islands, is the westernmost inhabited island of Japan, lying from the east coast of Taiwan, between the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea.

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Yonaguni Airport

, is a third-class airport located in Yonaguni, Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Yonaguni language

The Yonaguni language (与那国物言/ドゥナンムヌイ Dunan Munui) is a Southern Ryukyuan language spoken by around 400 people on the island of Yonaguni, in the Ryukyu Islands, the westernmost of the chain lying just east of Taiwan.

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Yonaguni, Okinawa

is a town located entirely on Yonaguni Island in Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Yui Aragaki

is a Japanese actress, model, singer and occasional radio show host.

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Yuken Teruya

Yuken Teruya (jap. 照屋勇賢, Teruya Yūken; born 1973 in Haebaru, Okinawa) is one of the most representative and most successful artists in a generation of Japanese artists born in the 1970s, who came of age amidst the disasters and economic decline of Japan during the 1990s.

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Yukie Nakama

is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol.

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Zach Bryan

Zachary Lane Bryan (born April 2, 1996) is a Japanese-born American country music singer-songwriter from Oologah, Oklahoma.

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Zamami, Okinawa

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

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1959 Okinawa F-100 crash

The 1959 Okinawa F-100 crash (宮森小学校米軍機墜落事故), also known as the Miyamori Elementary School crash (宮森小学校米軍機墜落事故), occurred on June 30, 1959, when a North American F-100 Super Sabre of the United States Air Force crashed in Ishikawa, in United States-occupied Okinawa, killing 18 people. Okinawa Prefecture and 1959 Okinawa F-100 crash are Japan–United States relations.

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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. Okinawa Prefecture and 1995 Okinawa rape incident are Japan–United States relations.

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2020 Summer Olympics

The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July 2021.

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2022–23 B.League season

The 2022–23 B.League season was the seventh season of the Japanese B.League.

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2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup

The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 19th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams.

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2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia)

The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for the FIBA Asia-Oceania region began in November 2021 and concluded in February 2023.

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References

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