Category: History

The Battle of Okinawa
It began on March 26th 1945, when the United States … Continued

CHINA Sadao
During the Okinawan music boom in the early 1990s, there … Continued

Cornerstone of Peace
In 1995, 50 years after the end of the Battle … Continued

Folk Music Labels
The Ryukyu archipelago has walked history on a different path … Continued

Golden Gate Club
The American study abroad program by the Government Aid and … Continued

The High Commissioner
In colonies and trusteeships, the man in charge of rule … Continued

JAHANA Noboru
The eldest son of Jahana Katsutaro, Jahana Noboru was born … Continued

Kerama Deer
My father's home island is a small island called Geruma. … Continued

Legislature
The legislative branch of the Ryukyu Islands government was called … Continued

Mass Suicides
Mass deaths that occurred on the violent battlefields during the … Continued

Memorial Day
This is the story of when a certain minister of … Continued

Military Labour
Working in the military bases is called “military labor” in … Continued

Nicolai Aleksandrovich Nevsky
A Russian scholar of Japan and the Orient (1892-1937). In … Continued

Ōshima Tsumugi
A type of fabric. Albeit the fact that it is … Continued

ŌTA Masahide
“Is Okinawa part of Japan?” shouted (then) Okinawa Governor Ōta … Continued

Praying for Rain
In Okinawa, typhoon and drought are two natural phenomena that … Continued

Ryukyu Disposition
The expression “Ryukyu Disposition”' has two different senses. In a … Continued

Sakurazaka
They say that long ago bandits and highwaymen began to … Continued

Satsuma Invasion
In 1609, the Ryukyu Kingdom was invaded by the Shimazu … Continued

SENAGA Kamejiro
(1907~2001) Senaga Kamejiro, who was nicknamed “Kame-san (Mr. Turtle)” by … Continued

Senkaku Islands
The Senkaku Islands is a group of islands located north-northwest … Continued

The Shadai Party
More properly the Okinawa Shakai Taishū-tō (Okinawa Social Mass Party), … Continued

Shuri Castle
As its name suggests, the castle is located in Shuri … Continued

Southwest Air Lines
In a connecting bus at the Haneda Airport, some young … Continued

Spoils of War
There was a time when the people of Okinawa took … Continued

Thirty-six Families of Kume
The Thirty-six Families of Kume are the Chinese people, and … Continued

Turtleback Tombs
Kikkoubaka, the turtleback tomb, was named after its exterior shape … Continued

Unexploded Ordinance
In the summer, I like to go to outlying islands. … Continued

U.S. Military Bases
Tu nu yū kara Yamatu nu yū … Continued

War-time Malaria
As the organized resistance by the Japanese military was about … Continued

Yaeyama Jōfu
If the Yūki-tsumugi is the acme of silk textile, then … Continued