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	Ryukyu Islands Encyclopedia Article @ ChinaPowerhouse.com (China Powerhouse) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The islands are administratively divided into Satsunan Islands to the north, belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, and Ryūkyū Shotō to the south, belonging to Okinawa Prefecture, Japan (Yoron Island is the southernmost island of the Satsunan Islands).
		The Ryukyu Islands are recognized by ecologists as a distinct subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion.
		The flora and fauna of the islands have much in common with Taiwan, the Philippines, and Southeast Asia, and are part of the Indomalaya ecozone.
	www.chinapowerhouse.com /encyclopedia/Ryukyu_islands (1037 words)

	K2QAA Miyako Island. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the easternmost of Miyako Island, this 2km long, narrow promontory jutting out into the sea is the spot of the greatest scenery on Miyako Island.
		Miyako Super Quality Fabrics were often woven as a tribute to the king.
		Miyako Island has a history of suffering under heavy taxation, called Ninto-zei until the Meiji Period (the end of the 19th century).
	home.att.net /~k2qaa/miyako.html (627 words)

	Abstracts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Regarding the remote islands of Miyako and Yaeyama, Japanese culture was introduced mainly by immigrants from Okinawa Island.
		With the abolishment of feudalism and the removal of social and cultural constraints at the end of the 19th century, people in Miyako and Yaeyama were eventually given an opportunity to raise their social status.
		As I shall demonstrate, Miyako and Yaeyama found in the Japanese culture a device to present themselves as "modern" and "civilized." They eagerly employed the concept of "Japanese-ness" while negotiating their status in Okinawan society.
	www.anu.edu.au /asianstudies/jpncen/APWeek2006_Japan/Abstracts/SM.html (379 words)

	Miyako Hotel Kanazawa, Japan - Miyako Hotel Group Booking Reservation Meetings Meeting Planning Weddings Wedding ...
		The Miyako Hotel is the perfect place to hold a corporate event such as; team building, sales meetings, board of director meetings, or just corporate hospitality.
		Weddings at the Miyako Hotel with their facilities, guest rooms and experienced wedding and group management staff, are magnificent.
		A Miyako Hotel wedding reception is a party where guests come to celebrate the marriage of the bride and groom.
	www.meetingforce.com /miyako-hotel-53h509.html (605 words)

	Marine Corps Community Services :: Roaming the Ryukyus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Miyako is the primary island of the chain and is home to several tourist destinations.
		The peanut-shaped island is less than ten kilometers long and its roads are perfect for a biking adventure.
		Kume Island is famous for turtle sightings because turtles lay their eggs on the island's white sand beaches.
	www.mccsokinawa.com /mccs.asp?id=562 (672 words)

	APRIL, 1945
		Installations on Ishigaki and Miyako Islands in the Sakishima group were heavily hit by carrier aircraft of the British Pacific Fleet on March 31 and April 1.
		The East Coast of Okinawa Island from Yaka in the north to Kuba Town in the south was brought under the control of the Tenth Army on April 4 (East Longitude Date).
		Concentrations of troops and vehicles fn the southern part of the island were brought under fire by the guns of surface units of the fleet and by carrier aircraft supporting the attack.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/comms/1945-04.html (9131 words)

	Long Island University - Japan - Okinawa Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Okinawa Prefecture consists of 160 primary islands, and occupies the southern half of the Ryukyu archipelago.
		The islands are spread over 1,000 km east and west, and 400 km north to south.
		The Okinawan Islands are located at the confluence of many Asian lands and cultures: Korea and Japan to the north, China to the west, and the countries of Southeast Asia to the south.
	www.liunet.edu /but04/japan/okinawa/okinawa.html (1018 words)

	All About Okinawa-The Islands
		The islands are divided into three groups -- the Okinawa Islands centering around Okinawa itself, the Miyako Islands centering around Miyako, and the Yaeyama Islands centering around Ishigaki Island.
		Islands off of central Okinawa include Henza and Miyagi Islands - Connected to Okinawa by reclaimed roads; Ikei Island - Connected to Miyagi Island by a bridge; Hamahiga and Tsuken Islands - Known for their agricultural activities and fishing.
		Kudaka Island is considered to be the birthplace of the Ryukyus and various legends have been preserved for posterity.
	www.jahitchcock.com /islands.html (640 words)

	JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
		The island of Okinawa is located some 400 miles south of mainland Japan and is the only island in the archipelago in the subtropical zone.
		Okinawa is one of 161 islands in the prefecture of Okinawa whose total population is about 1.32 million.
		The island prefecture remained relatively isolated from the rest of Japan and under strict government control.
	www.japancorner.com /okinawa.asp (1385 words)

	Okinawa and Ryukyus - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		Since Amami, Miyako, Yaeyama, and Yonaguni are less urbanised than the Okinawan mainland, their languages are not declining as quickly as that of Okinawa proper, and children continue to be brought up in these languages.
		Evidence suggests the island was never part of formal Japanese territory until annexation in 1872, although the Kingdom of the Ryūkyūs had been subjugated by the Shimazu clan, lords of southern Kyūshū, as early as 1609, and the Okinawans also paid tribute to the Manchu rulers of the Qing Dynasty of China.
		The islands were occupied by the United States at the end of the war.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=4532 (4125 words)

	CentralPets.com - Miyako Page (Printer Friendly Version)
		The Miyako is one of eight distinct Japanese breeds that developed from a primitive animal brought to Japan over the Korean peninsula thousands of years ago.
		It is believed that the Miyako descends from a primitive horse that was brought to Japan from China or Korea.
		The Miyako horse developed on the Miyako Island, where it was used primarily for transportation.
	centralpets.com /php/PrintFriendly.php?AnimalNumber=460 (546 words)

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		Japan is building search radars and electronic intelligence facilities on the Miyako islands, which are 1,800 kilometers southwest of Tokyo.
		These islands are also 180 kilometers east of the disputed (between China, Taiwan and Japan) Senkaku islands.
		The Senkakus are eight uninhabited islands, which in the past were only used occasionally by fishermen.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/478-3141.aspx (215 words)

	Palmer Letter, 1849, Urging Expedition to Japan
		At Shudi, the capital, a college is established for the education of the upper classes, in which the Court dialect of China is taught, and is the medium of official correspondence with strangers.
		The MEIA-CO-SIMA, or "Eight Islands," called in the old chart the Hajicosima Group, have been surveyed by Captain Belcher, and are found to possess several good harbors and anchorages.
		The islands are represented to be fertile, and under tolerable cultivation.
	www.baxleystamps.com /litho/palmer_ltr_1849.shtml (901 words)

	Okinawa: Just The FAQs
		The Okinawa Prefecture lays in a subtropical oceanic climate zone, extending from the north latitude 24°02' to 27°51'N. Number of Islands: Okinawa is part of the Ryukyu island chain.
		The Okinawa prefecture consists of the main island Okinawa and fifty seven smaller islands.
		Among these islands 41 are inhabited islands and 16 are uninhabited islands according to the Okinawa Promotion Act.
	www.okinawan-shorinryu.com /okinawa/faq.html (341 words)

	Okinawa Travel Guide: Okinawa Prefecture
		Okinawa is Japan's southernmost prefecture, consisting of a few dozen, small islands in the southern half of the Nansei Shoto, the island chain which stretches over about one thousand kilometers from Kyushu to Taiwan.
		The islands making up Okinawa Prefecture, are also known as the Ryukyu Islands, named after the native culture, which is distinctly different from that of the rest of Japan in terms of language, cuisine, arts, etc.
		An independent kingdom and tributary state to China for several centuries, the Ryukyu Islands came under control of the Satsuma feudal fief (today's Kagoshima Prefecture) in the 17th century, and were made a Japanese prefecture in 1879, accompanied by efforts to assimilate the native population.
	www.japan-guide.com /list/e1247.html (295 words)

	Hepatitis Delta Virus Levels May Predict Disease Severity in HBV
		Previously, in the Miyako Islands (Okinawa, Japan), where HDV infection is endemic [25], we studied subjects positive for both HBsAg and anti-HD.
		All of them lived in the Miyako Islands (Okinawa, Japan), where both HBV and HDV infection are known to be endemic [4].
		In the Miyako Islands, HBV genotype B and HDV genotype II are prevalent [28, 29].
	www.natap.org /2006/HBV/030906_01.htm (2683 words)

	DX Bulletin de XE1BEF - in english :: No. 228 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		ISLANDS MIYAKO (IOTA AS079) - (HF + 6 METERS) - Of December 28 at January 8 will be active JI3DST like JI3DST/JS6 in the bands of 160, 80, 40, 17, 15, 12, 10, 6 meters, SSB/SSTV/RTTY/CW from several islands of the IOTA AS079.
		ISLAND ITAPARICA (SA023) - Of December 27-30 it will be active Cris PY7GK from this island with reference (DIB 15 for the Prize of Islands of Brazil), in 20/15/10 meters, maybe 40 meters, CW and SSB.
		ISLAND MACQUARIE - ANTARCTIC - Richard W5VTS is in a tour with a group of scientific and he hopes to be active in the bands of 20 and 40 meters CW from the islands of Macquarie (AN005) and Island Campbell (OC037).
	members.fortunecity.com /dxbulletin (6184 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Miyako
		It is an important fishing port with large timber and chemical industries.
		It is a key city in Japan's transportation system, and it is a major center of tourism.
		Festival of Miyako Zutsu, children join in what was traditionally a dance for the over 50's.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Miyako (237 words)

	Okinawa travel guide - Wikitravel
		Miyako Islands — tourists are usually most interested in the natural monuments found here
		Consisting of 41 inhabited islands and 16 uninhabited islands, Okinawa has the only sub-tropical climate in Japan and as such is a major tourist destination for the Japanese, but not many foreign visitors make it to these shores.
		In the Daito Islands, the indigenous Ryukyuan language is all but extinct, replaced by the obscure Hachijo dialect of Japanese by immigrants from the Hachijo Islands.
	wikitravel.org /en/Okinawa (2426 words)

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		Steep cliffs border all the islands, and columnar basalt pillars crown the ridges of the north and west islands.
		We will have the opportunity to explore this island where nearly 40% of the higher plant species and 75% of the land birds are endemic to the island group, including the Bonin Islands Fruit Bat, the Ryukyu Flying Fox, the Ogasawara Dragonfly, the Bonin Islands Honeyeater, the Bonin Grosbeak, and the Bonin Islands Thrush.
		Part of the Izu Island Group, Tori Shima is the location of the world's largest breeding colony of Short-Tailed albatross, with an estimated population of 500 birds.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/13569.html (1583 words)

	Miyako Hotel Los Angeles, Arcadia, California, United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Discover an oasis of serenity in downtown Los Angeles, the Miyako Hotel Los Angeles offers unparalleled service and a host of amenities in a central location near entertainment, business and tourist destinations.
		The Miyako Hotel is located 19 miles from the Los Angeles International Airport.
		Miyako Hotel Los Angeles is located on the right hand side.
	www.fastlodge.com /us_ca_losangeles_miyakohotellosangeles.html (295 words)

	DX BULLETIN DE XE1BEF - AMATEUR RADIO NEWS
		N8Z - ISLAND ST. CROIX, VIRGIN ISLANDS (NA106) - (6 METERS + HF) - Joe W8GEX and John WZ8D is very active from the shack of WP2Z in all the bands of 6 to 160 meters monitoreando in 50.125 for it USES and Europe stops in 50.110.
		J - ISLAND MIYAKO (AS079) (6 METERS + HF) - JI3DST/6 will be active up to January 5 from the island Miyako-Jima Hirara-City Okinawa-Ken in the bands of 6, 10, 12, 15, 17 and 40 meters SSB.
		FR - ISLAND MEETING - During the month of February it is expected that Freddy F5IRO is active as FR/F5IRO but also wait to achieve permission to operate from the islands Juan gives Nova and Glorious.
	members.fortunecity.com /xe1bef/DXbulletin73-e.htm (3730 words)

	Miyako Cigarettes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Perhaps this is the reason vermilion keeps those pesky bad spirits from entering through the torii.
		Miyako Cigarettes were probably named after the Japanese island of Miyako, which is really a group of eight small islands south of Okinawa, and the city of Miyako, on the main Japanese island of Honshu.
		Miyako's Seattle test market, which began October 1974, failed, and the brand withdrawn.
	www.wclynx.com /burntofferings/packsmiyako.html (201 words)

	An Intro to Okinawa :: Internet World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Okinawa is Japan's southernmost prefecture, and consists of hundreds of the Ryūkyū Islands in a chain over 1,000 km long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū (the southwesternmost of Japan's main four islands) to Taiwan.
		The disputed Senkaku Islands (Chinese: Diaoyu Islands) are also administered as part of Okinawa Prefecture.
		Most Okinawans feel that the large presence places an undue burden on their small island (20% of land on Okinawa-Jima is U.S. territory) and have been upset by a number of incidents involving U.S. servicemembers and local citizens.
	www.iw.com /node/573 (1142 words)

	Ryukyu Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Ryukyu Islands (&29705;&29699;&21015;&23798; Ry&363;ky&363;-rett&333;), also known as the Nansei-shoto (&21335;&35199;&35576;&23798; Nansei-shot&333;, which translates literally as the Southwest Islands), are an island chain stretching southwestward from the island of Kyushu in Japan.
		The Ryukyu Kingdom was once an independent kingdom occupying the island chain, from Yonaguni Island in the Southwest to Amami Oshima in the north.
		China objected and the ex-President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant was asked to arbitrate.
	ryukyu-islands.iqnaut.net (398 words)

	Chronic hepatitis delta virus infection with genotype IIb variant is correlated with progressive liver disease -- ...
		Nagasaki and the patient with genotype IIa was from Miyako Islands,
		Islands, Okinawa, the Japanese islands nearest to Taiwan.
		B in all of the patients from the Miyako Islands.
	vir.sgmjournals.org /cgi/content/full/84/12/3275 (4946 words)

	Geography - Open Coast
		Japan is comprised of several thousand islands, of which Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku are the four largest.
		Its geographic coordinates are 36 00 N, 138 00 E. Japan's northern most islands are in the same latitude zone as Milan and Portland while her southern most islands are in the same latitudinal parallel as Florida and the Bahamas.
		The southern half falls into Okinawa Prefecture and is comprised of 4 main groups: Okinawa Islands to the north, Daito Islands 220 miles (354 km) to the east, Miyako Islands to the south and the Yaeyama Islands further southwest.
	www.opencoast-travel.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17 (266 words)

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		Contributions to a writing assignment await the reporter at the end of each day which requires suitable photos taken during the day and an online bulletin board is available for making contact with the home office.
		Travel through the islands by way of motorcycle and visit over 100 locations throughout Okinawa such as Zamami Island which is the center of the Kerama Islands.
		Tourists travel to Zamami Island for humpback whale watching (whales are protected in Okinawa) and marine sports.
	www.ncsx.com /2005/ncs110705/fuuraiki.htm (285 words)

	Miyako Islands, Japan. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		There's a gap of nearly 300km between Okinawa-Honto and the eight MIYAKO ISLANDS centred around Miyako-jima, the largest and most interesting of the group.
		In late April, you'll find Miyako swarming with athletes competing in the All-Japan Triathlon, a combination of swimming, cycling and running, and in July the Miyako Matsuri, the island's main festival, runs for three days, but otherwise the prime attractions are pretty coastal scenery, quiet beaches and watersports.
		Anyone afraid of snakes will be glad to hear that the Miyako islands are the only ones in Okinawa free from habu – the snakes were all wiped out in prehistoric times when the oceans engulfed the low-lying land.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/japan/miyako_islands (174 words)

	The complete genomic sequence of hepatitis delta virus genotype IIb prevalent in Okinawa, Japan -- Ma et al. 84 (2): ...
		Miyako Islands, and reported the presence of genotype IIb.
		Arakawa, Y., Moriyama, M., Taira, M., Hayashi, N., Tanaka, N., Okubo, H. and Sugitani, M. Molecular analysis of hepatitis D virus infection in Miyako Island, a small Japanese island.
		Seroepidemiological study on hepatitis delta virus infection in the Irabu Islands, Okinawa, Japan.
	vir.sgmjournals.org /cgi/content/full/84/2/461 (2116 words)

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