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	Definition of Okinawa Prefecture - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		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.
		Okinawa's location in the East China Sea, and relatively close proximity to China, Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines allowed the Ryūkyū Kingdom to become a prosperous trading nation.
		Okinawa is a major producer of sugar cane, pineapples, papayas and other tropical fruits.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Okinawa (934 words)

	Thursday, May 17, 2001
		CAMP FOSTER — A quiet fishing community halfway between Okinawa and Taiwan was jolted Tuesday by news that a Pentagon-sponsored study recommended the use of its airport by the U.S. military.
		Shimoji island is connected to Irabu island by a bridge constructed after the airfield was opened in 1979.
		Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine, in the United States this week to lobby for reducing the number of Marines on Okinawa and other military-related issues, said he could not accept any increase in U.S. military operations anywhere in the prefecture.
	www.stripes.com /01/may01/ed051701e.html (923 words)

	Okinawa - Wikitravel
		Okinawa (沖縄) is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan.
		Okinawa is subtropical and even in winter temperatures rarely drop below 15°C, making the area a popular winter getaway, although it's often cloudy and usually a little too cold for sunbathing.
		The other end of the spectrum is Okinawa's host of resorts, usually located on a private beach in some remote corner of the island — which means you'll be stuck eating at the resort's expensive restaurant and using their expensive watersports services.
	wikitravel.org /en/Okinawa (2407 words)

	Japan Focus Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Okinawa as a unified speech community is absent in his scheme, reflecting, as it does, the fact that there exist marked differences between Northern and Southern Okinawan as well as the fact that the study of these two varieties has been conducted most comprehensively.
		In a letter to the editor, published in Okinawa Times on September 7th 2005, a 17 year old high school student from Uruma City on Okinawa criticizes elderly speakers for not using the local language when talking to her and urges them to pass the languages down to younger generations.
		Shimoji went on to produce a CD of contemporary popular music titled ‘Kaitakusha’ (Pioneer) which is almost completely in the Miyako variety.
	www.japanfocus.org /article.asp?id=444 (6574 words)

	All About Okinawa-The Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Okinawa Islands have a total area of about 722 square miles, 22 of which are inhabitated, including Iheya Island, Daito Island and Kume Island, in addition to Okinawa.
		The west coast of northern Okinawa is well-known as a resort area, with many beaches and hotels on its coastline.
		The city of Okinawa, the second largest in the Prefecture, is located in the central part of the Island and is known as the "Sports Convention City." Each year, Japanese baseball teams come to Okinawa City for their spring training.
	www.jahitchcock.com /islands.html (640 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Okinawa Prefecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		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.
		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.
		Its body is often bound with snakeskin (from pythons, imported from elsewhere in Asia, rather than from Okinawa's poisonous habu, (which are too small for this purpose, but which are sometimes used to make habu awamori).
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Okinawa_Prefecture (1007 words)

	Okinawa 1988-1991 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa â” Reducing the number of American forces on Okinawa may not be a wise move at a time of uncertain and shifting security issues in East Asia, according to a panel created by Congress to study the basing of U.S. forces overseas.
		Okinawaâs U.S. military bases cover 20 percent of the main island in the prefecture and represent 75 percent of the area used solely by the U.S. military in Japan.
		Okinawa Governor Keiichi Inamine, who advocates some troop reductions and moving MCAS Futenma to an offshore base, was unavailable Friday for comment.
	futenma.blogspot.com /2005_05_01_futenma_archive.html (1441 words)

	People\'s Plan Japonesia - Focus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The governments and citizens of the six cities and all towns in the Miyako region have organized to prevent the U.S. military from using the civil airport as a relay point for its operations to the south.
		Okinawa Governor Inamine, whose slogan is cutting back U.S. military bases in Okinawa, visiting the Igei region in October, officially urged the U.S. military and the Japanese government to stop the construction of the center.
		Because of the helicopter crash, the young generation in Okinawa, who had not seriously questioned the existence of U.S. military bases in Okinawa before, have come to recognize that war was not someone else’s affair but their own.
	www.ppjaponesia.org /modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=8 (4727 words)

	Miyako-Irabu Island rift centers on airbase shift - JapanUpdate.com - Okinawa News, Classifieds, Events, Culture, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A proposal for converting Shimoji Island’s airport into a new military airbase is at the heart of the dispute.
		Miyako and Irabu Town were to merge into a new entity, Miyako Jima City, as part of the Trinity Reform Plan.
		Okinawa’s unique three-string guitar, the sanshin, is the inspiration for much of the island’s pop sounds as well as its musical heritage.
	www.japanupdate.com /en?id=6234 (804 words)

	Ryukyu Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The portion south of Yoron belongs to Okinawa Prefecture, and the portion north of Yoron belongs to Kagoshima Prefecture.
		The Okinawa Centenarian Study attributes this phenomenon to a combination of diet, exercise, and lifestyle practices.
		Miyako Islands: Miyakojima, Ikema, Ogami, Irabu, Shimoji, Kurima, Minna, Tarama
	www.toshare.info /en/Luchu.htm (487 words)

	CAAB - Mayor protests military use of airport - 27/4//03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Earlier this week, Toru Ishimine took to the streets of this small island roughly 180 miles south of Okinawa to protest a scheduled landing of U.S. military helicopters at the island’s community airport this weekend.
		A similar protest was lodged two years ago when Marine helicopter pilots stopped off at a civilian airport on Shimoji Island as they traveled from Okinawa to Guam and the Philippines.
		“Miyako Airport is used by many residents and tourists,” Ishimine said in his pamphlet.
	cndyorks.gn.apc.org /caab/articles/mayorprotest.htm (474 words)

	Stars & Stripes
		CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Prefectural officials are upset that Marine helicopters and a transport plane will use a civilian airport on Shimoji Island for refueling on their way to and from a military exercise in the Philippines.
		Okinawa officials Tuesday said they were notified by Marine officials that four CH-46 helicopters and one KC-130 refueling plane will stop at the island’s airport Friday on the way to Balikatan ’04 and again during a March 11 return trip.
		Last year the mayor of Hirara City on Miyako Island, about 180 miles south of Okinawa, objected to the use of the city’s community airport for refueling.
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=19783&archive=true (491 words)

	Shimoji Town in court fight over aloe vera business - JapanUpdate.com - Okinawa News, Classifieds, Events, Culture, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Shimoji Town on Miyako Island finds itself in a court battle with a German company over an aloe vera venture that went sour.
		Officials representing Coral Vegetable and Shimoji Town wow to continue fighting, and have taken the case to an upper court.
		A second group of angry homeowners in Awase, Okinawa City, are heading for courts in their battle against construction of a high-rise apartment building in the midst of their single homes.
	www.japanupdate.com /en?id=5714 (758 words)

	Pro-American Forums - over 11,000 Patriotic Members! - Chinese Threat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Tokyo Shimbun reported March 16 that the southernmost deployment of Japanese troops is on the main island of Okinawa.
		Miyako Island currently has a Japanese military radar station and a small group of troops.
		Shimoji Island has a training airfield with a 3,000-meter runway that could be used in military emergencies.
	www.pro-american.com /forums/showthread.php?t=11493 (6269 words)

	Japan uses submarine incident to whip up anti-Chinese nationalism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Okinawa is the site of the largest US military base in the Pacific and the waters surrounding it are one of the most closely monitored military zones in the world.
		The Koizumi government is using the discussion of a Chinese threat to justify the re-deployment of jet fighters from Okinawa to the island of Shimoji, closer to Taiwan.
		Japan is also considering establishing an electromagnetic wave-detecting station on Miyako Island—near where the Chinese submarine was spotted—to intercept the communications of Chinese warships and aircraft.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/nov2004/jap-n29.shtml (1636 words)

	Encyclopedia: Shimoji, Miyako, Okinawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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		Shimoji (下地町; -chou) is a town located in Miyako district, Okinawa, Japan.
		As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 3,200 and the density of 135.25 persons per km².
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Shimoji,-Miyako,-Okinawa (101 words)

	Japan plans detecting system at East China Sea
		The Agency decided earlier to build a station on Miyako Island of Okinawa County to intercept and handle communication signals of Chinese warships and aircraft, which will be put into operation in 2008.
		The Agency believes that a station on Miyako Island is not enough, and another one must be added at a southwest island to intercept and decode the rivalry's radio communication signals, Xinhuanet quoted Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun as saying.
		To guard against enemy's attacks against the isolated islands, the Agency changed its defense ideology in the past (that is, taking the Soviet Union as the imaginary enemy and attaching importance to defending the north) and made clear the policy of reinforcing military deployment on southwest islands.
	www.chinadaily.cn /english/doc/2004-11/09/content_389843.htm (342 words)

	Read about Ryukyu Islands at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Ryukyu Islands and learn about Ryukyu Islands here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Okinawa Prefecture, and the portion north of Yoron belongs to
		Some Ryukyuans and some Japanese feel that people from the Ryukyus are not "real" Japanese.
		Some natives of the Ryukyus claim that the central government is discriminating against the islanders by allowing so many American soldiers to be stationed on bases in Okinawa with a minimal presence on the mainland.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Ryukyu (305 words)

	Japan Today - News - Okinawa governor urges Rumsfeld to reduce U.S. bases - Japan's Leading International News Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Visibly angered by the Okinawa governor's strongly worded request, Rumsfeld said U.S. commanders here and throughout the world try to assure that they can minimize their impact on the local community.
		Okinawa Police Station said the arrest had nothing to do with the weekend visit to Okinawa by U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and the demonstrations that accompanied his trip.
		Miyako police have arrested a 20-year-old male temporary Shimoji Town Office worker on suspicion of attempted rape and beating up a 21-year-old female co-worker of the same office on Sunday.
	www.japantoday.com /e?content=news&cat=9&id=279127&display=all (2352 words)

	Stars & Stripes
		About 60 protesters, mostly labor union members and Miyako Island group residents, gathered outside the fences of an airfield on Shimoji Island when three CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters and one KC-130 air refueler landed the airport at 8 a.m.
		Shimoji, connected to Irabu Island by a bridge, is part of the Okinawa prefecture’s Miyako Island group, some 200 miles south of Okinawa.
		Akira Ishimine, mayor of Hirara, a small city on nearby Miyako Island, said he “had a growing sense of crisis that the use of the airport by the military this time is a part of their plan for future use of the airport on regular basis.”
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=25059&archive=true (521 words)

	People\'s Plan Japonesia - knowledge for people-centered social change and diversity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In Okinawa, the period from April to June is a time when people cannot avoid thinking about war and peace, and a time for renewing one’s resolve in the struggle for peace.
		In this three- month period are concentrated a series of anniversaries symbolizing the last 60 years of our history: the war and the postwar period.
		Right in the middle of this period is April 15, commemorating the day Okinawa was reverted to Japan after 27 years of U.S. military rule.
	www.ppjaponesia.org (3390 words)

	Naomi's Okinawa Connection - Guestbook - July 2000
		I occasionally look for sites about Okinawa just for reminiscence sake and to see if I can find traces of anyone I knew while I was there, though there is little chance of that.
		I will be moving to okinawa in January of 2001 and I am curious if there is any foreigners out there who are living in Okinawa and working.
		I was stationed at Okinawa and Miyako Jima 1957-58.
	naomi.okinawa-connection.com /guestbook/2000/guestbook0007.htm (2210 words)

	OKINAWA HOTELS & TRAVEL GUIDE
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		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 Kyushu and Taiwan.
	www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /travel/okinawa.htm (131 words)

	Okinawa Reunion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I am planning to visit Okinawa in the near future, and would love to be able to see her.
		I am planning to visit Okinawa in the very near future and would like to be reunited with as much of my family as possible.
		Additional Info: She is or was living in Okinawa, the last I was in contact with her was approximately two-three years ago.
	www.okinawa.com /reunion.html (6945 words)

	Okinawa Prefecture @ HockeyLiving.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The city assembly in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, adopted a resolution Monday that opposes the latest Japan-U.S. agreement to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to the city from Ginowan in the same prefecture.
		CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A recent poll by two Japanese newspapers indicates most Okinawans object to a plan to build a new military air station on Camp Schwab.
		KYOTO--At a meeting in Kyoto on Wednesday, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and U.S. President George W. Bush maintained the outward appearance of honeymooners, apparently trying to brush aside a number of problems that have recently made headlines in their respective countries.
	www.hockeyliving.com /info/Okinawa_Prefecture (1243 words)

	FAR SIDE MUSIC LTD. Okinawa Modern
		Okinawa's most famous tunes, female vocals over brass and guitar accompaniment. Recommended.
		Okinawan female singer from Iriomote, Okinawa's wildest and remotest island. Mixing traditional and contemporary but occasionally turns too bland. Features Kenji Yano of Surf Champlers fame.
		From Miyako Isand, Satoru Shimoj produced some wonderful albums on an independent label, playing a kind of funky Okinawan music. Now on a major, his music has lost some of it's charm. Some good moments still, especially the remix of the single, 'Chida no Uta', but often lost in a sea of overproduction.
	www.farsidemusic.com /acatalog/Far_Side_Respect_Okinawa_Modern_32.html (485 words)

	shamanism
		An additional study reported that on the Miyako Islands, Okinawa, Japan shamanism, not psychiatry, is the accepted model used to treat mental illness effectively.
		Although the foundations supporting shamanism differ from those sustaining Western medicine, both traditions provide experiences that convince clients that specific procedural methods alleviate illness.
		Shimoji A. Interface between shamanism and psychiatry in MiyakoIslands, Okinawa, Japan: a viewpoint from medical and psychiatric anthropology.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /AnS/psychology/health_psychology/shamanism.htm (1925 words)

	Asian Political News: Kyodo news summary -5- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Koizumi made the remarks to reporters traveling with him after arriving in Vientiane to take part in meetings with the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its partners.
		NAHA, Japan - About 1,000 people gathered Sunday for a rally on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture to protest against a U.S. proposal to allow a civilian airfield on nearby Shimoji Island to be used by the U.S. Air Force and the Self-Defense Forces.
		The rally participants gathered in Hirara, some 15 kilometers east of Shimoji airfield in the town of Irabu, and adopted a resolution demanding that use of the airfield be limited to civilian aircraft and that the Japanese government adhere to a 1971 accord with Okinawa to limit the airfield's use to such aircraft.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_2004_Dec_13/ai_n8593092 (1286 words)

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