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  Okinawa Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of the largest and most populous island, Okinawa Island, which is approximately half-way between Kyūshū and Taiwan.
Okinawa's location in the East China Sea, and relatively close proximity to Japan, Korea, China and South East Asia allowed the Ryūkyū Kingdom to become a prosperous trading nation.
Okinawa also has the highest life expectancy rate in the world, with native men living on average to 90.1 years and native women living to an average of 93.2 years.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Okinawa   (1647 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Okinawa prefecture
Okinawa Island (沖縄本島 Okinawa-hontō, the main island of Okinawa) is the largest of the Ryukyu Islands at the edge of the East China Sea, helping to define the seas boundary with the open Pacific Ocean.
Okinawa (沖縄) is the southern most prefecture of Japan and the main island of the Ryukyu island chain.
Okinawa was the only place where there was a land battle in Japan during WW II, and it was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Okinawa-prefecture   (716 words)

  
 Okinawa Prefecture
Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of the largest and most populous island, Okinawa Honto, which is approximately half-way between Kyūshū and Taiwan.
Following the end of World War II and the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, for 27 years Okinawa was under US administration.
On May 15, 1972, Okinawa once again became part of Japan, although to this day the US maintains a large military presence there: more than 37,240 US military personnel and dependents, including 14,460 Marines, are still based there.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/o/ok/okinawa_prefecture.html   (1249 words)

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