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Santy S. Asanuma (born December 11, 1961) is a Palauan politician who has served as Postmaster General of Palau since 2021. [1] He is also as a member of the Senate of Palau . Asanuma was born to Asanuma Asao, a businessman of Japanese-Palauan heritage, and his wife Sechedui, a member of Palau's Advisory Council.
Palau, [a] officially the Republic of Palau, [b] [8] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean. The republic consists of approximately 340 islands and is the western part of the Caroline Islands , while the eastern and central parts make up the Federated States of Micronesia .
The Palau archipelago contains more than 250 islands and islets stretched along a 150 km north south trending arc in the western Pacific. Its center is located near 7° north latitude, some 650 km north of Jayapura on the island of New Guinea , and near 134° east latitude, some 900 km east of Mindanao , Philippines.
A partial list of the some 340 [1] islands of the Republic of Palau, located in the western Caroline Islands Archipelago. [citation needed] The islands are within the Micronesia region of Oceania, in the western Pacific Ocean.
The country's population of around 21,000 is spread across 250 islands forming the western chain of the Caroline Islands. The most populous island is Koror. The capital Ngerulmud is located in Melekeok State on the nearby island of Babeldaob.
Inejiro Asanuma (浅沼 稲次郎, Asanuma Inejirō, 27 December 1898 – 12 October 1960) was a Japanese politician and leader of the Japan Socialist Party. During World War II, Asanuma was aligned with the Imperial Rule Assistance Association and advocated for war in Asia. Asanuma later became a forceful advocate of socialism in post-war Japan.
Ngerekebesang Island, the site of Palau's second-largest town, Meyuns, in the eastern part of the island, with a population of 1,200. Malakal Island, the site of Koror's port. Koror Island is also connected by the Koror–Babeldaob Bridge to the state of Airai in the island of Babeldaob, where Palau International Airport is located.
Asanuma (浅沼, "shallow swamp") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Inejiro Asanuma ( 浅沼 稲次郎 , 1898–1960) , Japanese politician and assassinated head of the Japan Socialist Party