* 1609 – Daimyo ( Lord ) of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.

It is known that tests were undertaken in Cairo, Egypt, Liberia, in South Korea, and in Japan ’ s satellite province of Okinawa in 1961, or earlier.

* 1945 – World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U. S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.

In November 1974, he received orders to report to the 3rd Marine Division at MCB Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan, where he served as the commander of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, until December 1975.

(; ) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan.

During Japan's occupation, sugar cane became the main industry of the islands, and labor was imported from Japan and associated colonies ( especially Okinawa and Korea ).

Ryukyu han became Okinawa Prefecture of Japan in 1879, even though all other hans had become prefectures of Japan in 1872.

Since 1960, the U. S. and Japan have maintained an agreement that allows the U. S. to secretly bring nuclear weapons into Japanese ports, and there is speculation ( see below ) that some nuclear weapons may be located in Okinawa.

He returns to Japan and attempts to warn Abe of the presence of warships in the waters around Okinawa, but is instead arrested for consorting with foreigners.

In Japan, war films from the Japanese perspective were popular, such as Japan's Longest Day ( 1967 ), Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender ( 1959 ) and Battle of Okinawa ( 1971 ).

** Okinawa is returned to Japan after 27 years of United States Military occupation.

** The United States returns Okinawa, occupied and governed since the World War II Battle of Okinawa, to Japan.

** Representatives of Japan and the United States sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, whereby the U. S. will return control of Okinawa.

* probable – Ououso becomes King of Nanzan in present-day south Okinawa, Japan.

* 2, 271 km < sup > 2 </ sup > — Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

* 39. 000 Mm — Length of the SEA-ME-WE 3 optical submarine telecommunications cable, joining 39 points between Norden, Germany and Okinawa, Japan

* Hananchi succeeds Min as King of Hokuzan in present-day north Okinawa, Japan.

* Bunei succeeds his father, Satto, as King of Chūzan ( present-day central Okinawa, Japan ).

Underground dams are typically constructed in areas where water resources are minimal and need to be efficiently stored, such as in deserts and on islands like the Fukuzato Dam in Okinawa, Japan.

In particular, Gulf undertook the construction of deep water terminals at Bantry Bay in Ireland and Okinawa in Japan capable of handling Ultra Large Crude Carrier ( ULCC ) vessels serving the European and Asian markets respectively.

** A dance in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

In Okinawa, the toilet was often attached to the pig pen, and the pigs were fed with the human waste product.

Y-DNA haplogroup D2 is found frequently throughout the Japanese Archipelago including Okinawa.

* 1945 – World War II: The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, is sunk by American planes 200 miles north of Okinawa while en-route to a suicide mission in Operation Ten-Go.

The Ryūkyūan languages, spoken in Okinawa and the Amami Islands ( politically part of Kagoshima ), are distinct enough to be considered a separate branch of the Japonic family ; not only is each language unintelligible to Japanese speakers, but most are unintelligible to those who speak other Ryūkyūan languages.

Today's is a politically defined region that consists of the seven prefectures on the island of Kyushu and also Okinawa Prefecture to the south:

* 1945 – World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of its crew.

Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island.

Hibiscus tea is also consumed in Okinawa, where the natives associate Hibiscus tea with longevity.

** The Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk north of Okinawa while enroute on a suicide mission.

* April 18 – American war correspondent Ernie Pyle is killed by Japanese machine gun fire on the island of Ie Shima off Okinawa.

** Hermann Göring is captured by the United States Army. Marines of 1st Marine Division Battle of Okinawa | fighting on Okinawa, May 1945.

This is the only surviving sword system from Okinawa.

Native to Okinawa is a spheroid pastry similar to doughnuts called sata andagi.

* The Karate Kid, Part II, a 1986 sequel in which Daniel accompanies Miyagi on a trip back to Okinawa, where he is reunited with loved ones, and is challenged by an old adversary.

In Okinawa, Japan, jasmine tea is known as sanpin cha ( さんぴん茶 ).

* 1959 – A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.

* 1872 – The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.

Spam was introduced into the aforementioned areas, in addition to other islands in the Pacific such as Okinawa and the Philippine Islands, during the U. S. military occupation after World War II.

* June 30 – Twenty-one students were killed and more than a hundred were injured when an American North American F-100 Super SabreF-100 jet crashed into Miamori Elementary School on the island of Okinawa.

The song's composer, Masanobu Tokuchi, was born on Okinawa Island and grew up in Amami and became an important figure for introducing the Ryukyu Islands ' music into the Japanese mainstream.

After World War II, the Ryukyus, like the rest of Japan, were occupied by the United States, but the U. S. maintained control of Okinawa even after the 1951 Treaty of San Francisco, which went into effect on April 28, 1952.

He saw convoy duty at San Juan, Puerto Rico, Iceland, England, Scotland, Africa ( Invasion ), then a brief leave in the US and back on convoy to the European Theater, Africa, Italy ( all phases of the European campaign ), convoy duty then to Scotland, Africa, Iceland, Southern France ( Invasion ) through Channel into Pacific and then on to the Carolinas, Siapan, Tinian, Marshalls, Gilbert, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Sea of Japan.

According to the United States Navy “ the 36-day ( Iwo Jima ) assault resulted in more than 26, 000 American casualties, including 6, 800 dead .” To put that into context, the 82-day Battle of Okinawa lasted from early April until mid-June 1945 and U. S. ( 5 Army and 2 Marine Corps Divisions ) casualties were over 62, 000 of whom over 12, 000 were killed or missing, while the Battle of the Bulge lasted 40 days ( 16 Dec 44 – 25 Jan 45 ) with almost 90, 000 U. S. casualties of ; 19, 000 killed, 47, 500 wounded, and 23, 000 captured or missing.

On April 14, 1945, while on radar picket station off Okinawa, a kamikaze crashed into Sigsbee, reducing her starboard engine to five knots and knocking out the ship's port engine and steering control.

It has been introduced into a wide range of tropical and subtropical environments including Caribbean islands, some Indian Ocean islands ( Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, the Cocos Islands and the Christmas Islands ) and some Pacific islands ( New Caledonia, Hawaii, French Polynesia, Okinawa, Vanuatu, Micronesia and the Galapagos archipelago )

Higashionna returned to Okinawa in 1882 and continued in the family business of selling firewood, while teaching a new school of martial arts, distinguished by its integration of gō-no ( hard ) and jū-no ( soft ) kempo into one system.

The sanxian was introduced through the Ryūkyū Kingdom ( Okinawa ) in the 16th century, where it developed into the Okinawan instrument sanshin ( 三線 ) from which the shamisen ultimately derives.

On Okinawa, six men were killed and dozens were wounded as American soldiers " took every weapon within reach and started firing into the sky " to celebrate ; ships sounded general quarters and fired anti-aircraft guns as their crews believed that a Kamikaze attack was occurring.

The flight crew kept control of the Boeing 747-200 and brought it into an emergency landing in Naha, Okinawa.

Although the passenger operation of JNR was split into six companies, fares and regulations are standard for all companies and every region of Japan except Okinawa is covered by the railway network spanning approximately.

Drafted into the Army, he spent two years of service as an artist for the Seventh Psychological Operations Group in Okinawa.

He dated them to the late 12th to early 13th centuries and considered that they subsequently evolved into those with stone walls in Okinawa.

The house is a quiet and peaceful look back into the history of Okinawa.

Geiger led this Corps into action for the fourth time as part of the Tenth Army in the invasion and capture of Okinawa.

Pointed poles set into the coral reef of the beach protected the landing beaches on Okinawa.

Okinawa midden culture or shell heap culture is divided into the early shell heap period corresponding to the Jomon age of Japan and the latter shell heap period corresponding to the Yayoi period of Japan.

In the 14th century, small domains scattered on Okinawa Island were unified into three principalities:, and.

When he was released two years later, the Ryūkyū Kingdom regained a degree of autonomy ; however, the Satsuma domain seized control over some territory of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, notably the Amami-Ōshima island group, which was incorporated into the Satsuma domain and remains a part of Kagoshima prefecture, not Okinawa prefecture, today.