Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Wakanojō Munehiko (born 13 April 1973 as Munehiko Aka) is a former sumo wrestler from Naha, Okinawa, Japan. He made his professional debut in January 1992, and reached the top division in September 1997. His highest rank was maegashira 6.
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 ...
Before he entered national politics, Nakasato was a member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly for 16 years. He served as the Speaker of the Assembly from 2006 until his retirement from prefectural politics in 2008. He is opposed against the construction of a US base in Yonaguni and the relocation of the Futenma air base within Okinawa ...
His retirement ceremony (and wedding reception) was held on 30 September 2012 at a Tokyo hotel with around 200 guests. Since his retirement he has been involved in organizing amateur sumo in his native Okinawa prefecture, and has become a Zen Buddhist monk. [4] He is unable to bend his left knee because of the injury sustained in his sumo career.
After starting his career as a professor at the University of the Ryūkyūs, he wrote books in English and Japanese, mostly about the Battle of Okinawa and Japan–United States bilateral relations following World War II. After his retirement as professor he was elected as governor and was best known for his strong stand against occupation of ...
Japan’s Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Okinawa's rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite ...
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 ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!