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Okinawa
(Encyclopedia)Okinawa ōˌkĭnäˈwä [key], island (1990 pop. 1,222,458), 454 sq mi (1,176 sq km), W Pacific Ocean, SW of Kyushu; a part of Okinawa prefecture, Japan. It is the largest of the Okinawa Islands in th...Ie-shima
(Encyclopedia)Ie-shima: see Okinawa.Naha
(Encyclopedia)Naha näˈhä [key], city (1990 pop. 304,836), on Okinawa island, in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. A port on the southwest coast, it is also the chief manufacturing center of the island. Long the economi...Ryukyu Islands
(Encyclopedia)Ryukyu Islands rēo͞oˈkyo͞o [key], Jap. Ryukyu-retto or Nansei-shoto [southwest group], archipelago (1990 est. pop. 1,500,000), c.1,850 sq mi (4,790 sq km), SW Japan, in the W Pacific Ocean. The ch...Nafa
(Encyclopedia)Nafa: see Naha, Okinawa.Nawa
(Encyclopedia)Nawa: see Naha, Okinawa.Ishigaki
(Encyclopedia)Ishigaki ēshēˈgäkē [key], city, Okinawa prefecture, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. It is an agri...Sato, Eisaku
(Encyclopedia)Sato, Eisaku āsäˈko͞o säˈtō [key], 1901–75, Japanese politician, prime minister (1964–72), brother of Nobusuke Kishi. After receiving a law degree from Tokyo Imperial Univ. (1924) he entere...kamikaze
(Encyclopedia)kamikaze käˌməkäˈzē [key] [Jap.,=divine wind], the typhoon that destroyed Kublai Khan's fleet, foiling his invasion of Japan in 1281. In World War II the term was used for a Japanese suicide air...Koiso, Kuniaki
(Encyclopedia)Koiso, Kuniaki ko͞onēäˈkē koiˈsō [key], 1880–1950, Japanese general. He was chief of staff of the Kwantung army, commander in chief in Korea, and governor-general of Korea before he replaced ...Browse by Subject
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