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Topic: Chinen, Okinawa

	Chapter I: Operation Iceberg
		Okinawa is the most important island of the Ryukyu Group, the threshold of the four main islands of Japan.
		Okinawa was, moreover, in the line of advance both to the China coast and to the Japanese home islands.
		On Okinawa itself, the scheme of maneuver of the ground troops would be such as to gain early use of airfields that would enable landbased planes to maintain control of the air in the target area.
	www.army.mil /CMH-PG/books/wwii/okinawa/chapter1.htm (12126 words)

	history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Okinawa is the largest of the Ryukyu Islands which stretch between southern mainland Japan and Taiwan.
		From the 14th to 19th centuries, Okinawa was the seat of the Ryukyuan kingdom.
		Chinen Sensei examined the musical scores of Yakabi, made modifications, added some of his own compositions, and completed the compilation of the kunkushi (written music).
	www.geocities.co.jp /SiliconValley-PaloAlto/5962/history.html (562 words)

	Sensei teaches 45th year of karate - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Chinen's style of karate is called Goju Ryu, which means "hard and gentle style." He is a seventh-degree fl belt.
		Chinen said there is a spiritual aspect to karate, calling it the "biggest part of the history" of karate.
		Chinen said there are many female karate practitioners, and that there are different karate techniques that work better with the female physical makeup.
	www.gonzagabulletin.com /media/paper375/news/2004/02/20/Sports/Sensei.Teaches.45th.Year.Of.Karate-614010.shtml (596 words)

	AsianWeek.com: National News: Healthy Seniors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		According to the Health Ministry, the average life expectancy on Okinawa is 81.2 years — 86 for women, 75 for men — the highest in the world.
		Okinawa’s average is significantly higher than that for all of Japan — 79.9 — which tops all countries in life expectancy.
		Okinawa also has an unusually high concentration of people 100 years or older.
	www.asianweek.com /2001_10_12/news_seniors.html (781 words)

	Yamanni Ryu -- Bo-Jutsu of Okinawa
		In Okinawa, even though bo is important in our history, there are not so many instructors teaching bo.
		Okinawa and Japan were just opening up to the modern world at that time, and they wanted to make a modern teaching system.
		That is Sensei Kishaba's order for me Yamanni-ryu is a very old and established bo style in Okinawa, but it is not widely recognized in the modern martial arts community-both in Okinawa and the world at large.
	www.dragon-tsunami.org /Dtimes/Pages/articleb2.htm (2303 words)

	Hawaii Okinawa
		Three of the prominent Chatan figures are Tau Chinen and the late Kiman Kaneshiro, who were instrumental in organizing the Island Pork Producers Cooperative Association, and Peter Iha, who served for over 15 years as a member of the Hawaii State House of Representatives.
		When Ginowan- son, Okinawa, was redesignated as a shi in the latter part of the 1970s, the club changed its name to Ginowan-Shijinkai.
		Shizuko Chinen: (1) In October 1979, Kochinda, Okinawa, was elevated from son to cho, becoming the ninth area in Okinawa to be designated as cho.
	www.hawaiiokinawa.com /clubs2.html (9288 words)

	HyperWar: US Army in WWII: Okinawa: The Last Battle [Chapter 1]
		OKINAWA'S LANDSCAPE in the south is marked by fields of grain and vegetables, broken only by humps of coral, farmhouses, and villages.
		Land-based enemy aircraft on Okinawa was not expected to constitute a danger; the Americans fully expected that the airfields would be neutralized by the time they invaded the island.
		On Okinawa itself, the scheme of maneuver of the ground troops would be such as to gain early use of airfields that would enable land-based planes to maintain control of the air in the target area.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Okinawa/USA-P-Okinawa-1.html (13394 words)

	Enjoy underwater world with Chinen Marine Leisure Center - JapanUpdate.com - Okinawa News, Classifieds, Events, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The giant clams have actually become quite rare in most parts of Okinawa, mostly because of over harvesting for their meat and beautiful shells, but because the area used by the glass bottom boats is protected, many of the clams there have reached massive proportions.
		With the Okinawa gubernatorial election scheduled for November this year, the Okianwa Liberal Democratic Associations' Union floated an idea at their meeting, Friday, to invite Kosuke Uehara, a member of the House of Representatives, to become their candidate challenging the incumbent Masahide Ota.
		Okinawa Suisan (Fisheries) High School team will represent the prefecture in the national High School Spring Baseball Championship Tournament to be played at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture starting Monday.
	www.japanupdate.com /en/?id=3841 (1748 words)

	Mystical 2.4-meter fish caught off Chinen coast - JapanUpdate.com - Okinawa News, Classifieds, Events, Culture, Forums, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A lancet fish, known as mizuuo in Okinawa and considered to be a messenger from the sea god's palace, was caught off Chinen Village on March 1 and brought to the Chinen Elementary School.
		Okinawa City police on Feb. 27 arrested a 58-year-old man on suspicion of violating the Waste Disposal Law.
		Okinawa’s 64 prefectural high schools held graduation ceremonies on March 1 for the 16,051 students who successfully completed their high school education this year.
	www.japanupdate.com /en/?id=295 (1410 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Japanese protest against US bases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Each time Chuuji Chinen gets into bed, he fears it could be the last time he closes his eyes.
		Colonel Richard Leuking also failed to provide a written answer to the court and was only served personal notification of the legal proceedings against him after refusing to accept the initial documents through the postal system on 25 February.
		Rumsfeld visited Okinawa during his three-day trip to Japan last year, and was met by protesters outside US military facilities on the island.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/5D72D541-DA42-4989-9066-C613D050A804.htm (1252 words)

	THE OKINAWA TIMES WEEKLY TIMES 2003.8.16 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Okinawa City, which manages the plaza, will also cooperate in the project.
		Okinawa soba is always eaten hot; it is not common to eat the noodles chilled.
		According to the Okinawa Convention & Visitors' Bureau (OCVB), Okinawa's potential is rising with the increase of resort weddings.
	www.okinawatimes.co.jp /eng/20030816.html (1620 words)

	Yamaneryu Kobudo
		From the village of Samukawa in the old castle district of Shuri, Chinen Sanda was born the son of a Pechin class Kemochi during the later part of Okinawa's old Ryukyu Kingdom.
		Also known Chinen Pechin, or Yamane no Chinen as Taira Shinken described him in his 1964 Encyclopedia of Kobudo, the youth was schooled in Uchinadi by his uncle, Chinen Sanjin Andaya Pechin (1797-1881,) also known as Aburaiya Yamagusuku.
		Every year on August 11th, the people of Chinen village use to gather to commemorate the life of Bushi Shikiyanaka [1780-1841.] Bushi Shikiyanaka was a well known retainer of Governor Soeishi who had made a notable reputation for himself as a virtuous man with remarkable fighting skills in Soeishi family-style bojutsu.
	www.koryu-uchinadi.com /new_video_release.htm (1186 words)

	ClickOkinawa.com - The Sights & Sounds of Ryukyu Kingdom
		the Amami Islands in the north, the Okinawa Islands in the center, and the Sakishima Islands in the south.
		OKINAWA is the largest and most populous island of the Ryukyu and contains the capital and largest city, Naha, a major seaport.
		Originally an independent kingdom, the Ryukyu were conquered by the Chinese in the 14th century and by the Japanese in the 17th century; they were finally incorporated into Japan in 1879.
	members.tripod.com /~MickMc/intro.html (850 words)

	Royal Priest Research - Featuring the Work of Lyssa Royal
		Okinawa (or more specifically Chinen, the area in which we were staying) sits on a shelf it seems, and when the tide goes out, there is a long area of sea that is turquoise blue before it drops off into the ocean depths.
		I learned from locals that the ancient Ryukyu kingdom (of which Okinawa is a part) was traditionally ruled by women, and that women held all the spiritual power.
		Energetically, Okinawa reminds me so much of Bali, because I always felt the spirituality to be so alive and active in Bali.
	www.lyssaroyal.com /art10.htm (5252 words)

	THE OKINAWA TIMES WEEKLY TIMES 1997.9.29
		Chinen and other Okinawan associates gave her support and provided her a place to stay while she was learning on Okinawa.
		Chinen stated that Okinawa and Lithuania have much to learn from each other because of the unique history and geographical location that each has.
		Former ambassador to Peru Morihisa Aoki visited Okinawa on the 25th, and met again with members of the Nishihara High School marching band after the hostage incident at the ambassador's residence that ended in April in Lima.
	www.okinawatimes.co.jp /eng/19970927.html (1357 words)

	Teruo Chinen - Goju-ryu Karate
		This interview with Chinen Sensei took place at the Jundokan International's Spring Gasshuku on Sunday, May 31, 1997, in Montclair, New Jersey.
		As your student, I see you as a living bridge between the past, from the roots of Goju-ryu in Okinawa, and the future, when the traditions will have been firmly transplanted to American soil.
		Sensei, [if] I understand correctly, you were born in 1941, in Kobe, Japan, and moved to Okinawa at a young age.
	www.doshinmartialarts.com /chinen1.htm (1616 words)

	Oshiro's Karate - Yamanni-ryu
		In recent times, other traditional Okinawan weapons, such as the sai, tonfa, kama, and nunchaku have been incorporated into the system; the philosophy for manipulating these weapons is very similar to that used for the bo--namely, techniques should almost always be large and flowing.
		Yamanni Chinen-ryu takes its name from the Chinen family, which was a prominent aristocratic family in the Ryukyu islands.
		The Chinen family, which was entrusted with the security of Ryukyu nobles, adopted and further developed this art over the course of a few generations.
	www.oshirodojo.com /kobudo.html (559 words)

	Marine Corps News - JAPANESE SOLDIERS HOST MCB MARINES IN RARE VISIT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		CHINEN VILLAGE, Okinawa, Japan (Jul 17) -- Rarely do American servicemembers set foot on Japanese Ground Self Defense Force bases on Okinawa, but a group of enlisted Marines attached to Headquarters & Service Battalion., Marine Corps Base, recently saw firsthand the daily rituals of the JGSDF.
		Recent construction of one of the JGSDF?s most modern facilities in Okinawa, which will incorporate the 352nd?s command post, living quarters and support facilities into a single structure, is one of the JGSDF?s goals.
		Six Marines drove away from the Chinen Village, their arms full of delectable C-rations and minds fresh with knowledge unknown to most American servicemembers.
	www.usmc.mil /news98.nsf/78474d8d567cc4648525657d0064a54a/163ce492c08b480d8525664400195d0a?OpenDocument (572 words)

	uscomand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In Okinawa, the board of education's plan to invite a U.S. commander to give a lecture in an elementary school and a junior high school was foiled as a result of parents' protests.
		The head of Chinen Village on February 26 held a press conference to announce that the planned lecture would be canceled "by taking into consideration how it might affect children."
		Ikezawa Natsuki, a writer who is a resident of Chinen Village, said that the board of education must be aware of the worldwide protests against the U.S. plan to attack Iraq.
	www.japan-press.co.jp /2324/uscomand.html (206 words)

	okinawa karate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		HISTORY OF OKINAWA KARATE The following is a brief history of Okinawa Karate-do, but because of the absence of written history, this account should not be perceived as 100% accurate.
		Mabuni was born in Shuri, Okinawa, the son of a 17th...
		On the main island of Okinawa, Karate developed in three major cities: Shuri, Naha, and Tomari, which are all located within a few miles of each other.
	www.karatechops.com /okinawakarate (1320 words)

	Augusta Georgia: Technology:Low stress, diet might explain Okinawans lifespan 10/08/01
		According to the Health Ministry, the average life expectancy on Okinawa is 81.2 years - 86 for women, 75 for men - the highest in the world.
		Okinawa's average is significantly higher than that for all of Japan - 79.9 - which tops all countries in life expectancy.
		But it is the quality of the lives the centenarians are living that really struck Suzuki and co-authors Bradley Willcox, a geriatrics fellow at Harvard Medical School, and his twin brother, D. Craig Willcox, an assistant professor at Okinawa University.
	www.augustachronicle.com /stories/100801/tec_124-8074.shtml (750 words)

	Monday, December 4, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The sites date from the 14th to the 18th centuries, when Okinawa was independent from Japan and known as the Kingdom of the Ryukyus.
		Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine was jubilant during a news conference with other Okinawa officials in Naha following the official announcement.
		Okinawa had the only nominations from Japan this year.
	www.pstripes.com /dec00/ed120400a.html (262 words)

	CHINEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Search the CHINEN Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
		Search the CHINEN Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
		Find graves of people named CHINEN at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
	www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/C/CHINEN.htm (73 words)

	Chinen, Okinawa - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Chinen, Okinawa - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Chinen,_Okinawa (85 words)

	india oshukai
		Karate originated on Okinawa which is the largest island of the Ryukyu archipelago.
		Okinawa Shorin-Ryu Karate is the oldest karate fighting style.
		Okinawa Shorin-Ryu Karate was officially brought into india in 2000, and has been successfully taught since then by sensei B.SUDAKAR.
	www.geocities.com /oshukai (390 words)

	:: mahae plus :: Okinawa Travel Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Okinawa awaits you with its unique, proud history, dazzling nature and much more...
		The Chinen Marine Leisure Center, located at the south tip of Okinawa's main island, allows marine fun through the whole year.
		From Okinawa Expressway : Haebaru Kita I.C. : 30 min.
	www.ocvb.or.jp /card/en/0110028100.html (212 words)

	Chinen, Okinawa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Chinen, Okinawa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Chinen (知念村; -son) is a (A settlement smaller than a town) village located in (additional info and facts about Shimajiri district) Shimajiri district, (The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands) Okinawa, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
		As of 2003, the village has an estimated ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 5,947 and the (The amount per unit size) density of 602.53 persons per (additional info and facts about km²;) km²;.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chinen,_okinawa.htm (101 words)

	asinina localities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Okinawa, off centre of Kadina Circle sea wall (AMNH Jackson 1992 A9873, 14).
		Okinawa, Onna Village, Horseshoe Cliffs (USNM 841169, 1).
		Okinawa, Chinen Tide flat (SBMNH Albert #0-304, 2).
	www.vetigastropoda.com /ABMAP/asin-loc.html (1679 words)

	Ito-News March 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It was a tense final, but she defeated Keiko Kato, who put up a strong challenge, 2 -1 to keep her impressive run of national triumphs going.
		Chinen's relaxed mood and relentless concentration have been attributed as the keys to her extended success.
		Okinawa, and in particular Itoman-City is so rich in cultural assets that it is often difficult to know what to write about in this column.
	www.city.itoman.okinawa.jp /english/international/ito-news/2003/march/March.htm (1174 words)

	Obituaries
		She was born Dec. 20, 1914 in Shuri, Okinawa.
		Her husband, Kashin Chinen died Oct. 22, 1987 in Naha City, Okinawa.
		Randall (Michiko) Bouillon of New Riegel and currently stationed in Okinawa; 13 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
	www.oweb.com /advertiser-tribune/text/Ob051501.html (474 words)

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