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After her retirement, Nakamura became the vice president of the Okinawa Women's Association, [15] an affiliate of the Japanese Women's Association. She participated in a 1983 conference for the parent organization in which official support was given to the Okinawan Historical Film Society for a campaign to have survivors of the war speak of ...
Gushito Gym, Okinawa, Japan: 7 Win 7–0 Makoto Ito KO 2 (10) 1986-08-17 City Gymnasium, Ginowan, Japan: Retained Japanese super lightweight title: 6 Win 6–0 Masahiro Tanabu KO 5 (10) 1986-05-01 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan: Retained Japanese super lightweight title: 5 Win 5–0 Teruhide Nishida KO 1 (10) 1986-04-06 City Gymnasium, Okinawa ...
Dr. Makoto Suzuki, Okinawa Research Center for Longevity Science. The Okinawa Centenarian Study is a study of the elderly people of Okinawa, Japan. The study, funded by Japan's ministry of health, is the largest of its kind ever carried out. Over the years, the scientists involved have had access to more than 600 Okinawan centenarians. [1]
The number of elderly living in Japan's retirement or nursing homes also increased from around 75,000 in 1970 to more than 216,000 in 1987. But still, this group was a small portion of the total elderly population. People living alone or only with spouses constituted 32% of the 65-and-over group.
She was Japan's oldest-living person since the death of Fusa Tatsumi on 12 December 2023. [73] Tomiko Itooka was born in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Empire of Japan on 23 May 1908. [73] She moved into a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo in 2019. She was at the time still able to move independently, but later mainly used a wheelchair.
Gordon Goichi Nakayama (G.G. Nakayama, 中山吾一, 16 November 1900 – 8 October 1995) was a Japanese Canadian Anglican priest, author and pedophile.He was active in his ministry in Western Canada and the Pacific Rim (notably Okinawa, Southern Japan) for 62 years from 1932 to 1994.
The Nakagusuku Hotel site (中城ホテル跡, Nakagusuku Hoteru ato), also known as the Royal Hotel or Takahara or Kogen Hotel (高原ホテル, Takahara/Kōgen Hoteru), is an abandoned, unfinished hotel in Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa. It sits no more than 50 meters from the walls of Nakagusuku Castle. As of May 2020, the hotel has been fully ...
Ōta was born on 12 June 1925 on Kumejima Island, Okinawa and his family migrated during World War II. [2] He became a student at the Okinawa Teacher's College, and during the Battle of Okinawa he was drafted into the Japanese Army's "Iron and Blood Student Corps"; he saw intense combat and many of his classmates died.