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    Ishigaki Island (石垣島, Ishigaki-jima, Yaeyama: Ishanagï, Okinawan: Ishigachi), also known as Ishigakijima, is a Japanese island south-west of Okinawa Hontō...
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    Miyako Island (宮古島, Miyako-jima, Miyako: Myaaku (ミャーク); Okinawan: Naaku (ナーク)) is the largest and the most populous island among the Miyako Islands of...
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    Miyako-jima) Yaeyama Islands (八重山列島, Yaeyama-rettō) Iriomote Island (西表島, Iriomote-jima) Ishigaki Island (石垣島, Ishigaki-jima) Yonaguni (与那国島, Yonaguni-jima)...
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    of the Yaeyama Islands, except Ishigaki and the disputed Senkaku Islands. Ishigaki City Ishigaki Island (Ishigaki-jima) Taketomi Town (Yaeyama District)...
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    Island (Tarama-jima) Minna Island (Minna-jima) Yaeyama Islands (former Yaeyama Subprefecture) Ishigaki City Ishigaki Island (Ishigaki-jima) Taketomi Town...
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    Kume-jima and Okinawa-jima islands, as well as in Taiwan, although it could also be found on other Ryukyu islands, such as Tokashiki-jima, Ishigaki-jima,...
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    Responsibility. As Lekima approached the southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Ishigaki-jima and Miyako-jima received a storm warning. The JMA urged the residents on these...
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    Nakagawa, H.; Doi, N.; Shirao, M.; Araki, Y. (1982). "Geology of Ishigaki-jima and Iriomote-jima Yaeyama Gunto, Ryukyu Islands". Contributions from the Institute...
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    Senkaku Islands (redirect from Taisho Jima)
    the city of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture. It does not acknowledge the claims of China nor Taiwan, but it has not allowed the Ishigaki administration...
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    Miyakojima, Ikema, Ōgami, Irabu, Shimoji, Kurima-jima, Minna, Tarama Yaeyama Islands: Iriomote, Ishigaki, Taketomi, Kohama, Kuroshima, Aragusuku, Hatoma...
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    assigned the duty of neutralizing the five airfields on Miyako-jima and Ishigaki-jima, from which kamikaze aircraft were operating. She bombed the airfields...
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  • Irisuna-jima Miyako-jima Ikema Island Irabu Island Kurima-jima Ogami Island Shimoji-shima Minna Island (Tarama, Okinawa) Tarama Island Ishigaki Island...
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    carrier planes in the area. On 5 June, she bombarded Miyara airstrip on Ishigaki Jima with her 5-inch (130 mm) gun. Two days later, the submarine rescued...
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    subspecies, Amblycephalus formosensis iwasakii, belonging to Amblycephalidae Ishigaki-jima". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa. 27: 217–218...
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    Yonaguni (redirect from Yonakuni Jima)
    deployed seven surface-to-surface missile companies, covering Miyako-jima city, Ishigaki city, and Amami Ōshima Island. Additionally, an electronic warfare...
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  • role of supervising other missile units deployed on both Miyako-jima and Ishigaki-jima islands in Okinawa, as well as on Amami Ōshima island in Kagoshima...
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  • USS Hornet strike Japanese airfields and other targets on Miyako Jima and Ishigaki Jima in the Sakishima Gunto. April 6–7 – The Japanese begin Operation...
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    Kohama-jima. The octogenarian "idol" group, KBG84, has given Kohama much media coverage. Kohamajima is accessible via several ferries from Ishigaki Marina...
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    Iriomote Island (西表島, Iriomote-jima, Yaeyama: Irïmutii; Iriomote: Irimutii; Okinawan: Iriumuti) is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands of Japan, and the...
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    Seychelles Chagos Archipelago Sri Lanka Japan: Yoron-jima, Ishigaki-jima, and Taketomi-jima, Kakeroma-jima Paracel Islands New Caledonia Hawaii Line Islands...
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    westernmost of the national highways of Japan. It connects Ishigaki, Okinawa on Ishigaki Island, to Miyako-jima, and Naha, Okinawa on Okinawa Island in Japan. Spanning...
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    Isles: Miyako Islands Miyako-jima Ikema Ogami Irabu Island Shimoji Kurima-jima Minna Tarama Yaeyama Islands Iriomote Ishigaki Taketomi Kohama Kuroshima Aragusuku...
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    Taketomi Island (竹富島, Taketomi-jima, Yaeyama: Takidun; Taketomi dialect: Teedun; Okinawan: Dakidun) is an island in the town of Taketomi, within Yaeyama...
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    groups. The two main land battles in the campaign were the Battle of Iwo Jima (16 February to 26 March 1945) and the Battle of Okinawa (1 April to 21 June...
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    Chitose-yama, Yaeyama: Tsïtusï-yama) is a mountain located on Kuba-jima of Senkaku Islands in Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan. It is the highest point of the island, followed...
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  • and tofu, plus the local specialty of sea snake. The group flies to Ishigaki-jima south-west of Okinawa island. From the airplane, they see red clay soil...
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    Ikema-jima Irabu-jima Kurima-jima Miyako-jima Ōgami-jima Shimojishima Several of the islands are connected by bridge. Miyako-jima and Ikema-jima Miyako-jima...
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    Tarama, Okinawa (redirect from Tarama-jima)
    Japan. The village consists of Tarama Island and Minna Island between Ishigaki Island and Miyako Island. As of 2020[update], the village has a population...
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    Hateruma (波照間島; Hateruma-jima; Yaeyama: Patirooma, Hateruma dialect: Besїma "our island", Okinawan: Hatiruma, Northern Ryukyuan: ぱたら Patara) is an island...
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  • Nuit Blanche KYOTO 2017, Seikado (Kyoto) Japan Media Arts Festival in Ishigaki Jima Island (Okinawa) Imaginary Guide: Japan, Mystetskyi Arsenal (Kyiv) 2020...
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