Okinawa Prefecture
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Okinawa Prefecture

NameOkinawa
RōmajiOkinawa-ken
Local NameUchinaa-ken
LocalLanguage1Okinawan
LocalLanguage2Japanese Capital City = Naha City
SymbolSymbol of Okinawa Prefecture.svg
CapitalNaha
RegionKyūshū
IslandOkinawa
Total Area2,271.30
Area Rank44
% Water0.5
Pop DateDecember 1, 2008
Population1,379,338
PopRank32
Density606
Districts5
Municipalities41
ISOCodeJP-47
FlowerDeigo (Erythrina variegata)
TreePinus luchuensis (ryūkyūmatsu)
BirdOkinawa woodpecker (Sapheopipo noguchii)
FishBanana Fish (Caesio diagramma,"Takasago", "Gurukan")
Websitewww.pref.okinawa.jp/
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GovernorHirokazu Nakaima

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Okinawa Prefecture沖縄県Okinawa-kenextra=Okinawan: Uchinaa-ken is one of Japan's southern prefectures, and consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1,000 km long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū (the southwesternmost of Japan's main four islands) to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of the largest and most populous island, Okinawa Island, which is approximately half-way between Kyūshū and Taiwan. The disputed Senkaku Islands (Mandarin: Diaoyu Islands) are also administered as part of Okinawa Prefecture at present.

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The odd arrangement over Okinawa - Mainichi Daily News Tweet this news
Mainichi Daily News--Residents protest outside the -Okinawa Prefectural- Office in Okinawa on May 23 amid tight security. (Mainichi) Even after a decade in this country, ... - Date : Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:34:25 GMT+00:00
Okinawa assembly head asks Obama in letter to scrap Futenma plan - Kyodo News Tweet this news
Kyodo News--Zenshin Takamine (L), chairman of the -Okinawa prefectural- assembly, hands US Ambassador to Japan John Roos a letter calling for scrapping a plan to transfer ... - Date : Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:04:35 GMT+00:00
Nearly 33% of candidates back 10% tax: poll - The Japan Times Tweet this news
The Japan Times---...- that likely Democratic Party of Japan candidates are sharply divided about how to relocate US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in -Okinawa Prefecture-. ... - Date : Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:20 GMT+00:00
Talks needed to boost Japan-US alliance - The Daily Yomiuri Tweet this news
The Daily Yomiuri--It also is important to patch up strained relationships with -Okinawa Prefecture- and the Nago city government, and make tenacious efforts to seek acceptance ... - Date : Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:39:48 GMT+00:00
Many potential candidates seeking to raise sales tax to 10%: survey - Kyodo News Tweet this news
Kyodo News---...- run on the ticket of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan over the issue of relocating the US Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in -Okinawa Prefecture-. ... - Date : Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:52:06 GMT+00:00
Hatoyama falls victim to Futenma dilemma - Xinhua Tweet this news
Xinhua--That bomb was the much-hyped proposal to relocate the Futenma air base of the United States in Japan's -Okinawa Prefecture-. ... - Date : Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:51:57 GMT+00:00
New Japanese PM faces continued resistance over US base relocation plan - Xinhua Tweet this news
Xinhua---...- Nakaima since taking office was told that the government's plan to relocate a key US military base within -Okinawa Prefecture- remained problematic. ... - Date : Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:00:04 GMT+00:00
JAL eyes 7 bln Yen in cost cuts over 2 years - Nikkei - Reuters Tweet this news
Reuters--To minimize the rise in costs, JAL will freeze training to promote staff as co-pilots at its training base at Shimojishima airport in -Okinawa Prefecture-, ... - Date : Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:44:21 GMT+00:00
Kyodo economic news summary -5-+ - Insurance News Net (press release) Tweet this news
Insurance News Net (press release)--TOKYO - Japan said Monday it has agreed to allow Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil firm to use an oil storage station in -Okinawa Prefecture- in return for a ... - Date : Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:34:14 GMT+00:00
Kan vows to exert strong leadership to revive Japan - Kyodo News Tweet this news
Kyodo News--On the relocation of the US Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in -Okinawa Prefecture-, Kan reiterated that he will honor the agreement reached late last month ... - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:50:32 GMT+00:00


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