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| | Kei Islands: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library |
 | | ...originated from the neighboring Kei Islands, had been raised in the village...communities, or occasionally from Kei. | | | ...these expeditions went southward to the Aru-Kei islands, Tanimbar, the Seram Laut islands, Seram...NAN speaking communities and the Moluccan islands toward the south, including Seram, Banda, and Kei, appear to have remained just as tight, because... | | | In many respects my residence...smaller boats from the Moluccan islands of Seram, Goram, and Kei, whose crews catered to the... |
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http://www.questia.com/library/encyclopedia/kei-islands.jsp?l=K&p=1
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| | The Agonist Rogue sub sparks Japan sea alert |
| | The simmering territorial dispute came to the fore in the early 1970s, when China and Taiwan made their claims to the islands after oil deposits were confirmed in the area by a UN agency. | | | The only other time Japan has ordered such a hunt was in March 1999, when two suspected North Korean ships were spotted off of the coast of the Japan Sea, also known as the East Sea. | | | Hashimoto said Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong and Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan were looking into whether the submarine could be Chinese and told him "'once the issue is clarified, the two countries could discuss the matter'," according to Kyodo. |
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http://www.agonist.org:81/story/2004/11/9/21393/1366
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| | MSN Encarta - Japan |
| | Japan, island nation in East Asia, located in the North Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Asian continent. | | | Japan also claims ownership of several islands north of Hokkaidō. | | | These include the two southernmost Kuril Islands, Iturup Island (Etorofu-jima) and Kunashir Island (Kunashiri-jima), as well as Shikotan Island and the Habomai island group. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761566679
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| | CBC News: Japan accuses Chinese sub of entering its waters |
| | China claims ownership of the islands, which it calls the Diaoyu. | | | Japan's chief cabinet secretary said they have determined it was a Chinese nuclear submarine based on a number of factors, including how long it spent underwater, the noise it made and the fact that it was travelling toward China. | | | The submarine was first detected on Wednesday near the Sakishima islands, about 120 kilometres from the disputed Senkaku islands. |
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http://www.buzztracker.org/2004/11/12/cache/383012.html
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| | LUCIA, OR LUCY - LoveToKnow Article on LUCIA, OR LUCY |
| | The American expedition under Commodore M. Perry (1853) added largely to knowledge of the islands, and concluded a treaty with the Luchuan government. | | | Their bite generally causes speedy death, and in the island of Amami-Oshinsa they claim many victims every year. | | | The last-named group is subdivided into Miyako-gunto and Yayeyama-gunto. |
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http://74.1911encyclopedia.org/L/LU/LUCIA_OR_LUCY.htm
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| | Long Island University - Japan - Okinawa Center |
| | The snakes exist almost in every other island, not because of the sulfur, but 200,000 years ago (Cenozoic late Pleistocene), some islands submerged under the sea and reemerged above sea level to form a circle through Southeast Asia to the Kyushu of Japan. | | | The circle was later unformed by the submersion of some of the islands. | | | Okinawa Prefecture consists of 160 primary islands, and occupies the southern half of the Ryukyu archipelago. |
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http://www.liu.edu/but04/japan/okinawa/okinawa.html
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| | Naha: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library |
| | ...turned out that the sojourner had left Naha four years earlier and had been living...divisions as Shuri versus other parts of Naha, not to mention the "main" island of Okinawa...islands" sakishima. | | | ...of the Okinawa Islands in the Ryukyu Islands archipelago. | | | 304,836), on Okinawa island, in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. |
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http://www.questia.com/library/encyclopedia/101260408
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| | NOTICE BOARD |
| | their crews and aircrews during the operations, especially those against the island known as Miyako Jima. | | | After WW2 in the Pacific, Fredio Samples lived on one of the Sakishima Islands for one year. | | | It was one of the islands used by the Japanese to launch their kamikazes against the BPF. |
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http://www.btinternet.com/~t.briggswww/NOTICES.htm
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| | Cruisemates Asia Cruise Itineraries |
| | Minerva II: itineraries are under review and being revised due to the tsunami tragedy in the region: Mahe, Seychelles to Singapore, 17 nights, January 1, 2005 (revised) will now call at the island of Praslin; Kochi, India; Penang, Port Klang (for Kuala Lumpur) and Malacca, Malaysia. | | | Singapore to Sydney, 14 nights, October 24, 2005 calling at Bali, Komodo Island, Darwin, Thursday Island, Cairns, Hayman Island. | | | Sapphire Princess: Sapphire Princess, Anchorage (Whittier) to Beijing, 15 nights, September 16, 2006, via Kodiak, Adak (Aleutian Islands) scenic cruising, Petropavlovsk, Sapporo, Tokyo (Yokohama) and Nagasaki. |
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http://www.cruisemates.com/articles/itineraries/asia.cfm
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| | Japan protests to China over sub |
| | Although the sub did not surface, Japanese media said it had been identified by its cruising sound. | | | The incident comes at a time of heightened tensions between the two countries, which are likely to become increasingly competitive in their hunt for natural resources to power their economies. | | | The vessel was first spotted near the Sakishima islands, which lie about 120km (75 miles) south of the disputed Senkaku islands - known as the Diaoyu in Chinese. |
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http://www.24x7updates.com/FullStory-News-Japan_protests_to_China_over_sub-ID-29205.html
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| | ClickOkinawa.com - The Sights & Sounds of Ryukyu Kingdom |
| | The islands have a population of 1,222,458 (1990). | | | the Amami Islands in the north, the Okinawa Islands in the center, and the Sakishima Islands in the south. | | | The islands were returned (1972) to Japan, although the United States retained the right to operate military facilities on Okinawa. |
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http://members.tripod.com/~MickMc/intro.html
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| | Ryukyu Islands @ HockeyLiving.com |
| | Yaeyama Islands: Iriomote, Ishigaki, Taketomi, Kohama, Kuroshima, Aragusuku, Hatoma, Yubujima, Hateruma, Yonaguni | | | Amami Islands: Amami Ōshima, Kikaigashima, Kakeromajima, Yoroshima, Ukeshima, Tokunoshima, Okinoerabujima, Yoronjima | | | The claims of the indigenous Ryukyuans to the land were ignored. |
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http://www.hockeyliving.com/info/Ryukyu_Islands
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| | GeoPassage: Japan: South : Okinawa Island |
| | This is the largest island in the Okinawa prefecture. | | | The prefecture of Okinawa was established on 16 May 1972 when Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands, which had been administered by the United States since 1945, were restored to Japan. | | | This archipelago consists of three principal groups: the Amami Islands (North); Okinawa Islands, including Okinawa; and Sakishima Islands (South). |
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http://japan.geopassage.com/city.asp?cityID=11
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| | ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Okinawa |
| | The prefectures include Okinawa, which was occupied by the United States after World War II and returned to... | | | The Ryukyus consist of three major groups: the Amami Islands in the north, the Okinawa Islands in the central area, and the Sakishima Islands to the... | | | Okinawa, island, south-west Japan, lying between the East China Sea on the west and the North Pacific Ocean on the east. |
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http://au.encarta.msn.com/Okinawa.html
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| | History of Shorin Ryu |
| | The Okinawa Islands in the central part, with Amami Islands in the north, and Sakishima Islands in the south. | | | Japan invaded about 1609 and in 1897 dethroned the ruler of the islands, which is now known as Okinawa Prefecture. | | | The islands was first invaded by the Chinese about the 7th century, and again in the 14th century. |
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http://www.ironmtnkarate.com/history.htm
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| | Sakishima Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This page was last modified 03:01, 10 October 2005. | | | They belong to the Southwest Islands and include the Miyako Islands, the Yaeyama Islands and the Senkaku Islands. | | | The Sakishima Islands (先島諸島 Sakishima shotō) are an island chain located at the south end of the Japanese Archipelago. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakishima_Islands
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| | Okinawa |
| | The Ryukyu Islands archipelago has an estimated population of 1,500,000, as of 1990. | | | In a bloody campaign during World War II, U.S. forces seized (April-June 1945) the island from Japan. | | | The Ryukyus consist of three principal groups: the Amami Islands (N); Okinawa Islands, including OKINAWA; and Sakishima Islands (S). |
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http://members.aol.com/stodojo/oki.html
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| | Okinawa Quiz quiz |
| | The Sakishima Islands refer to what two island groups in Okinawa? | | | Of the approximately 160 islands in Okinawa, how many are inhabited by people? | | | Administratively, how many main island groups is Okinawa Prefecture divided into? |
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http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz587886bd9e8.html
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| | VMF-512 |
| | The attacks on the islands are recorded as June 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12,13, 14, 15 and 16. | | | Their mission was to provide close air support to the Australians who were about to undertake the last Allied invasion of the war. | | | The one on the USS Gilbert Islands was MCVG-2, Col William Campbell commanding. |
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http://www.adamsplanes.com/VMF-512.htm
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| | Geography of Japan - Islands of Japan & Bodies of Water |
| | Oyakoba - northernmost island of the Kuriru-retto (Kuril islands) Japan | | | Ryukyu Islands - between the islands of Kyushu and Taiwan | | | Kurile Islands - from Hokkaido, Japan, to Kamchatka |
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http://www.japan-101.com/geography/index5.htm
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| | Philately of the Ryukyus Islands, a presentation by Bert Kiener |
| | There are 143 islands and islets separating the East China Sea from the Pacific Ocean. | | | The Japanese conquered the islands in the 17th century, and were first landed on March 26, 1945 by U.S. troops (the 7th Infantry Division). | | | They are divided into three main groups: the Amami Islands, the Okinawa Islands, and the Sakishima Islands. |
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http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/tilden/186/ryukyu/p03.html
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| | British Pacific Fleet |
| | Towards the end of the war, it had sole responsibility for operations in the Sakishima Islands. | | | The BPF would also have played a major part in a proposed invasion of the Japanese home islands, known as Operation Downfall (which was cancelled after Japan surrendered). | | | The fleet included 17 aircraft carriers (with 300 aircraft), four battleships, 10 cruisers, 40 destroyers, 18 sloops, 13 frigates, 29 submarines, 35 minesweepers, other kinds of fighting ships, and many support vessels. |
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http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/B/British-Pacific-Fleet.htm
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| | FREE MARKET FAIRY TALES: On This Day ... in 1338 & Others |
| | Following his destruction of Portsmouth, the French admiral Behuchet turned his attention to the Channel Islands, landing on Jersey. | | | His men caused heavy damage across the eastern half of the island, but his efforts to seize Gorey Castle narrowly failed. | | | 1945: The British Pacific Fleet, operating with the United States Navy as Task Force 57, mounted Operation Iceberg against Japanese airfields on the Sakishima islands. |
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http://www.fmft.net/archives/000846.html
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| | Digital Typhoon: Typhoon 200417 (AERE) |
| | Typhoon AERE is moving toward Sakishima Islands, Okinawa. | | | Typhoon AERE has passed near Hirakubo Point of Ishigaki Island. | | | Typhoon AERE is forecast to draw near to Sakishima Islands and then move to Taiwan. |
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http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/news/2004/TC0417/index.html.en
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| | Japan information facts and data |
| | Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula |
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| | Wednesday night, local time, winds rose to between 45 and 50 steady mph on Ishigaki Jima, one of Japan's Sakishima Islands; at the time, rainfall had been 7.2 inches. | | | Late Wednesday afternoon, EDT, this un-named storm is centered over open seas between Panay Island and Palawan Island. | | | Conson will pound some of Japan's southern Ryukyu Islands as it heads into the East China Sea on a northeastward bearing. |
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http://www.weathermatrix.net/archive/highlights/accuworld-040609a.txt
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| | Coral Calcium Mineral Supplements Help Osteoporosis, Muscle Pain and Much More. |
| | Yonaguni Island is located at Yaeyama Chain of islands of Sakishima Major Island Group in Okinawa and is also located at the western most point of Japan and 68 miles (110 km) from Taiwan. | | | We have heard some rumors but please ask this question directly to the suppliers, such as what island is the coral from, what is its deposit amount, and ask for authentic photos, the origin and its content of their products proving these fossilized coral sources. | | | This is quite confusing from the view of two companies are selling fossilized coral powder from different raw material sources. |
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http://www.greerink.com/nustore/coral3.html
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| | Asian Economic News: Strong typhoon expected to near islands in Okinawa late Sat |
| | The typhoon had an atmospheric pressure of 950 hectopascals and was packing winds of up to 162 kph near its center, it said. | | | A powerful typhoon approaching Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa is expected to come closest to the Sakishima Islands late Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. | | | Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDP/is_2005_Sept_12/ai_n15403187
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| | FindArticles search for "Okinawa" |
| | TOKYO, Oct. 21 Kyodo A summit between Japan and members states of the Pacific Islands Forum will be held May 26-27 in Okinawa, Foreign Minister Nobutaka... | | | Japan-Pacific islands summit to be held May 26-27 in Okinawa | | | NAHA, Japan, July 7 Kyodo (EDS: THIS IS THE SECOND OF THREE POSTWAR60 NEWS FOCUS STORIES ON DISPUTED ISLANDS) The government is stationing more... |
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| | Definition of Sakishima Islands - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary |
| | For More Information on "Sakishima Islands" go to Britannica.com | | | Get the Top 10 Search Results for "Sakishima Islands" | | | island group Japan in S Ryukyus off E coast of N Taiwan; occupied 1945-72 by the U.S. area 343 square miles (892 square kilometers) |
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| | CRC Reef Research Centre |
| | The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has listed dugongs as vulnerable to extinction on a global scale because the numbers of dugongs worldwide appear to have declined by at least 20% over the last 90 years (about three dugong generations). | | | Although dugongs are found in the waters of many countries, nearly all of them except Australia are developing nations with limited capacity to contain impacts on dugongs within sustainable limits. | | | Dugongs appear to have disappeared in some places such as the waters off Mauritius, western Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Japan's Sakishima Shoto Islands, Hong Kong's Pearl River estuary, several islands in the Philippines and parts of Cambodia and Vietnam. |
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| | P elements and P-M characteristics in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster in the southernmost islands of ... |
| | In order to study P element dynamics in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster, 126 isofemale lines were examined from seven of the southernmost islands of Japan (the Sakishima Islands) and from Taiwan. | | | Gonadal dysgenesis (GD) tests showed large divergences in the P-M phenotypes (P inducing and P repressing abilities) between the island populations. | | | The P-M characteristics of each population, however, had not greatly changed in the past 15 years. |
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http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/hdy/journal/v86/n2/abs/6888170a.html
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| | Navionics: The Leader in Electronic Charts |
| | Kholmsk in Russia, Japan & its Islands Sakishima-Gunto, Okinawa-Jima, Tokuno-Shima, Yaku-Shima, Tane-Ga-Shima. | | | Above graphic is representative of coverage areas, boundaries should not be considered precise. | | | Vladivostok in Russia, Korea, Dandong to Fuzhou in China, Hiroshima, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka in Japan. |
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| | Corsair II by Randy Lutz (Tamiya 1/48) |
| | It is based on the F4U-1D variant and modified to represent a Corsair II flown by Sub Lieutenant Donald J. Sheppard, from No. 1836 Squadron, HMS Victorious while around the Sakishima Islands, East China Seas during May, 1945. | | | Sheppard, from the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve holds the distinction of being the first and I believe, the only Fleet Air Arm Corsair ace of the war.\ | | | Article, Images and Model Copyright © 2000 by Randy Lutz |
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http://www.kitparade.com/features00/corsairiirl_1.htm
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| | Shuttle images of RYUKYU ISLANDS |
| | Roving Mouse > Interplanetary > Earth > rove.to > RYUKYU ISLANDS | | | AMAMI ISLAND: • • • • • • • |
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| | Okinawa 1988-1991 |
| | Island at midnight Saturday, and to be within a |
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