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    Okinawa 4th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Okinawa Prefecture...
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    ninth-largest city in Okinawa Prefecture. The city, along with the cities of Ishigaki, Itoman, and Tomigusuku, lies in Okinawa 4th district, which elects one...
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  • mayor of Nanjō, Okinawa and a former member of the House of Representatives of Japan, representing Okinawa 4th district (southern Okinawa Island and the...
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    Chobin Zukeran (category Politicians from Okinawa Prefecture)
    mayor of Nanjō, Okinawa and a former member of the House of Representatives of Japan, representing Okinawa 4th district (southern Okinawa Island and the...
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  • Toshinobu Nakasato (category Politicians from Okinawa Prefecture)
    Okinawa 4th district (southern Okinawa Island and the Sakishima Islands). Before he entered national politics, Nakasato was a member of the Okinawa Prefectural...
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    Pacific, Guam and Okinawa. Corporal Richard E. Bush was awarded the Medal of Honor for his gallant actions on Okinawa. Of note, the 4th Marines, adopted...
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    includes all the prefectures on Kyūshū island, as well as Okinawa Prefecture. List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan List of current members...
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    3rd Marine Division, at Camp Schwab in Okinawa, Japan, when training in jungle warfare. The 3rd falls under the 4th Marine Regiment at such times. Headquarters...
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    Both are members of the Okinawa Whirlwind caucus in the House. The members are elected from the Okinawa at-large district. "沖縄県" (PDF). Ministry of...
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    Nishihara (Urasoe City) (category Okinawa Prefecture)
    Okinawan: Nishibaru) is an administrative division of Urasoe City in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The postal code is 901-2101. Nishihara is located in...
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    Kosaburo Nishime (category Politicians from Okinawa Prefecture)
    representing Okinawa’s 4th District since 2012. A native of Chinen and graduate of Sophia University, he was elected to the assembly of Okinawa Prefecture...
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    from 1981 to 1985. During its deployment to Okinawa in 1985 under its traditional parent regiment, the 4th Marines, 2/4 took part in training and operations...
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    Nanjō (redirect from Nanjo, Okinawa)
    Nanjō (南城市, Nanjō-shi) is a city located in the southern part of Okinawa Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Translated literally, the name Nanjō means...
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    and Welfare, 1996; Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo 18th district) Endorsements of Yoshihiko Noda Members of the National Diet Junya Ogawa...
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  • House of Representatives for Okinawa 4th district. Constitutional Democratic Party Denny Tamaki, incumbent governor of Okinawa Ryuichi Sakamoto, composer...
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    Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is often referred to as the "Keystone of the...
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    Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, during combat operations against an armed enemy in Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province...
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    Yamaguchi 4th district (山口県第4区 Yamaguchi-ken dai-yon-ku) is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the...
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    Chōshin Chibana (category Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class)
    dojo in Tori-hori district at 34. He later opened a second dojo in Kumojo district of Naha City. During the World War II Battle of Okinawa, Chibana lost his...
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    are: one metropolitan district (Tokyo), two urban prefectures (Kyoto and Osaka), forty-three rural prefectures, and one "district", Hokkaidō. Large cities...
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    called for the recapture of the Philippines, followed by the capture of Okinawa, then an attack on the Japanese home islands. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz...
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    Zamami Island (category Islands of Okinawa Prefecture)
    Islands group and administered as the village of Zamami in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Zamami Island is 24 kilometers in circumference...
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    south, are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and Okinawa. The Ryukyu Islands, which include Okinawa, are a chain to the south of Kyushu. The Nanpō Islands...
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    victory in north Borneo over Japan; the U.S. supported Australia. Battle of Okinawa 21 June U.S. and British Empire forces defeat Japanese, U.S. occupies island...
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  • Rape during the occupation of Japan (category United States Armed Forces in Okinawa Prefecture)
    Allied and Japanese troops committed a number of rapes during the Battle of Okinawa during the last months of the Pacific War and the subsequent Allied occupation...
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    Fuji, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, ski resorts such as Niseko in Hokkaido, Okinawa, riding the Shinkansen and taking advantage of Japan's hotel and hotspring...
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  • U.S. administration, 1947–1986) Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Okinawa, 1945–1972) Military district, for other countries American State Papers, Military Affairs...
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  • 51st G7 summit (category Kananaskis Improvement District)
    (Denver 1997) 24th (Birmingham 1998) 25th (Cologne 1999) 26th (Kyusyu-Okinawa 2000) 27th (Genoa 2001) 28th (Kananaskis 2002) 29th (Évian-les-Bains 2003)...
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    (Ranger) and was reactivated for a short time before being inactivated in Okinawa. During the Vietnam War, Company H, 75th Infantry was reactivated and served...
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  • in the South Seas Mandate Organization of Japanese defensive units in Okinawa Kesago Nakajima: Since 1921–41 lead the Kempeitai operation inside Japan...
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