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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]
Namie Amuro (/ ˌ n ɑː m i ˈ eɪ / NAH-mee-AY; Japanese: 安室 奈美恵, romanized: Amuro Namie; born September 20, 1977) is a retired Japanese singer.She rose to prominence as a teen idol, and transitioned into a leading pop artist due to her versatility across music styles and visual presentation.
Fumiko Nakamura (Japanese: 中村文子, July 1913 – 27 June 2013) was a Japanese teacher and peace activist. Born and raised on Okinawa , she attended normal school and became a teacher in 1933. Before World War II , she taught students and led the Girls' Youth Organization that it was honorable to die for their country.
Mao Ishikawa (石川真生, Ishikawa Mao; born in Ōgimi, April 26, 1953 [1] - ) is an Okinawan photographer and activist. [2] Her photographs largely feature bar girls, performers, soldiers, and other fringe members within Okinawan and Japanese society.
Okinawa Prefectural Peace Park. The site chosen for the memorial is Mabuni Hill in Itoman City, site of the Japanese headquarters and scene of heavy fighting in late June 1945 at the end of the Battle of Okinawa. [2] [9] [10] The area forms part of the Okinawa Senseki Quasi-National Park (沖縄戦跡国定公園). [11]
Masako Ganaha (Japanese: 我那覇 （ がなは ） 真 （ まさ ） 子 （ こ ）; born August 10, 1989) [3] is a Japanese freelance journalist and JSDF reservist.She is a representative operating committee member of the Citizens' and People's Association for Correcting the Ryukyu Shimpo and the Okinawa Times (琉球新報、沖縄タイムスを正す県民・国民の会). [3]
Japan's central government began the reclamation work at the Henoko area on the eastern coast of Okinawa's main island in 2018 to pave the way for the relocation of the Marine Corps Futenma air ...
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.