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Watch a live view of the Okinawa coastline on Wednesday, 2 August, as Typhoon Khanun approaches Japan. Typhoon Khanun, which means jackfruit in Thai, was heading northwest at speeds of 15 kph (9 ...
Okinawa Prefecture encompasses two thirds of the Ryukyu Islands, including the Okinawa, Daitō and Sakishima groups, extending 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) southwest from the Satsunan Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture to Taiwan (Hualien and Yilan Counties). Okinawa Prefecture's largest island, Okinawa Island, is the home to a majority of Okinawa's ...
The modern inhabitants of Okinawa are mainly ethnic Okinawan, Japanese, half Japanese and mixed. Okinawans are known for their longevity. This particular island is a so-called Blue Zone, an area where the people live longer than most others elsewhere in the world. [34] Five times as many Okinawans reach 100 years old compared to the rest of Japan.
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The Okinawa Islands (沖縄諸島, Okinawa Shotō, or 沖縄群島, Okinawa Guntō) are an island group in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and are the principal island group of the prefecture. [1] The Okinawa Islands are part of the larger Ryukyu Islands group and are located between the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture to the northeast and the ...
Watch a live view of the Gaza skyline as the Israel-Hamas war enters a fifth day. Palestinian civilians were scrambling to find safe havens on Wednesday morning (11 October) as Israel stepped up a ...
Okinawa Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (沖縄テレビ放送株式会社, Okinawa Terebi Hōsō Kabushiki-Gaisha), also known as OTV, is a Japanese broadcast network affiliated with the FNN/FNS. Their headquarters are located in Okinawa Prefecture .
Administratively, most Ryukyuans live in either Okinawa Prefecture or Kagoshima Prefecture within Japan. They speak the Ryukyuan languages, [6] considered to be one of the two branches of the Japonic language family, the other being Japanese and its dialects [5] (Hachijō is sometimes considered by linguists to constitute a third branch). [7]