Typhoon Dolphin Makes Landfall In China
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A large and powerful typhoon came close to Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami region in Kagoshima Prefecture on August
Rather, author Jon Mitchell traces, with calm and incisive authority, the centuries of subjugation and dominance forced on the Pacific’s Okinawa Islands by its neighbour in the north – their annexation by Japan (in 1879),
People from the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa have shared their traditional dancing, music and history at an international event in Germany.
Southwestern Japan is hunkering down, as Typhoon Dolphin lashes the region. It is the 13th typhoon to affect Japan this year, sweeping across Kyushu, Amami and Okinawa, forcing evacuations and flight cancellations.
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Japan has US bases in Okinawa - and 70% are on one island
Okinawa is home to a large portion of the U.S. military presence in Japan, with over 70% of American bases concentrated on one island. While Japan has dozens of prefectures, this small region carries a unique strategic role.
Japan's rowdiest romance reality show comes back for a second run, and the biggest change is architectural: the sealed academy that manufactured its intimacy is
Artist Morgan Wilbur's painting depicts Hospital Apprentice First Class Robert E. Bush administering aid to a wounded Marine during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. (U.S. Navy/Morgan Wilbur)