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Searching an old Japanese friend? 人探し

Posted by okinawatime on 2010/01/03

Are you searching for an old Japanese friend? I found this website that gives you all that tips you can use to find an old friend, “How to Search for People!!”. You may able to find an old friend. Good luck…

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August Events in Okinawa

Posted by okinawatime on 2009/08/04

August Events in Okinawa

  • Eisa Events in Okinawa

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Ryukyu Kaiensai 琉球海炎際

Posted by okinawatime on 2009/04/19

ryukyu-kaiensai Ryukyu Kaiensai 6th, 2009 「琉球海炎祭」

In the City of Ginowan, Okinawa, they celebrate the beginning of summer with a large display of fireworks.

You can watch and enjoy a beautiful display of fireworks in Okinawa.

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Japan’s crime rate is rising?

Posted by okinawatime on 2009/04/04

japans-crime-rate Japan’s crime rate?

A former NHK newscaster informs them that they are wrong…

Things he points out in the video…..

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Is the crime rate of the U.S. Military troops in Okinawa high?

Posted by okinawatime on 2009/04/04

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There was question about…
米軍兵士の犯罪発生率は高い?
Is the crime rate of the U.S. Military troops high?

The answer to the question is…
総合的に見て高いとは言えないという見方がある.
It is not high as you see the overall perspective.

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Okinawa Togyu 沖縄闘牛 Bullfighting

Posted by okinawatime on 2009/03/28

togyu Okinawa Togyu 沖縄闘牛 Bullfighting

In Okinawa, there is Togyu (闘牛) bullfighting. Unlike Spanish bullfighting, which pits the bull against an armed man, Togyu in Okinawa they let two bulls fight it out with a man “coaching” each bull. It involves two bulls starting by locking horns. Read the rest of this entry »

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Battle of Okinawa and Japan’s Textbook Inspection Which Denies Historical Truth…

Posted by okinawatime on 2009/03/20

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Japan’s Textbook Inspection Which Denies Historical Truth…

In March 2007, the national education, culture, sports, science and technology ministry advised textbook publishers to reword descriptions that the embattled Imperial Japanese Army forced civilians to kill themselves. They prefer descriptions that just say that civilians received hand grenades from the military.

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Operation Iceberg began on March 1945

Posted by okinawatime on 2009/03/18

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Battle of Okinawa 1945. The amphibious assault on Okinawa with codename Operation Iceberg began on 03/26/1945.

UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II  The War in the Pacific
OKINAWA: THE LAST BATTLE

by: Roy E. Appleman, James M. Burns, Russell A. Gugeler, and John Stevens

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BEGIN “Koino Shima Hatoma Jima”(Lovery Island Hatoma Island)

Posted by okinawatime on 2009/02/27

BEGIN sang “Koino-shima Hatoma-jima” 恋の島 鳩間島 meaning “Lovery Island Hatoma Island” in the live “Okinawan wind blowing over Kawaguchi-lake” at Stella Theater on Aug.31,2003. The Hatoma Island is a amall island situated near the Iriomote Island. It had about 60 inhabitants in 2003. BEGIN composed this for them. Hatoma Island is located in the Yaeyama Archipelago(Islands).

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Okinawa Japan; Troop Movement Agreement

Posted by okinawatime on 2009/02/26

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2/17/2009. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed a troop movement agreement with Japan.

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Message from Ginowan (Futenma Air Station Movie Files) Okinawa

Posted by okinawatime on 2009/02/26

us-military-base-problems-in-okinawaSixty years after World War II, Us military base problems in Okinawa are still unresolved.  大二次世界大戦、終戦から六十年後の今でも沖縄県内の米軍基地の 問題は解決されていません。 Our earnest desire is the closure of Futenma Air Station and it’s relocation outside Japan.
私達の本当の願いはアメリカ海兵隊普天間航空基地の閉鎖と沖縄県からの移転です。
This video is from the Mayer of Ginowan city, Okinawa Japan. The problems are still there and need to spread the words!

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BEGIN – See you in Taketomi Jima(Island) 竹富島で会いましょう

Posted by okinawatime on 2009/02/20

begin-wp2BEGIN-竹富島で会いましょう Song by Begin “See you in Taketomi Jima (Island)”

Begin (ビギン) is a popular Okinawan three-man, folk musician (sanshin, sansen musician), group from Ishigaki Island (石垣島), Okinawa, Japan.

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Taketomi Island Okinawa

Posted by okinawatime on 2009/02/20

Taketomi Island Village

竹富島で会いましょう  “See you in Taketomi Jima (Island)”  Song by Begin

Taketomi Island is located in the Yaeyama Archipelago(Islands). It only takes about 10 minutes for a speed boat to get to the Taketomi Island from Ishigaki Island. The Taketomi Island is 6km south-southwest of the Ishigaki Island. Also about 411km from southwest of the mainland capital Naha, Okinawa. The Taketomi Island is a very small island and has a population of about 300 people.

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Yaeyama Archipelago(Islands), Okinawa

Posted by okinawatime on 2009/02/19

yaeyamaSurroundings islands in Yaeyama archipelago (Islands) 八重山諸島の風景
Yonaguni Island 与那国島
Hateruma Island 波照間島
Iriomote Island 西表島
Kohama Island 小浜島
Taketomi Island 竹富島
Ishigaki Island 石垣島
Kuro Island 黒島

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