“okinawa”*the japanese prefecture*

‘japanese’ –> 沖縄県

‘hepburn’ –> okinawa-ken^?

‘okinawan’ –> ウチナーチン / uchinaa-chin

(‘okinawa prefecture’ is the southernmost prefecture of ‘japan’)

(it comprises hundreds of the ‘ryukyu islands’ in a chain over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) long)

(the ‘ryukyus’ extend southwest from ‘kyushu’ (the southwesternmost of japan’s 4 main islands) to ‘taiwan’)

(the ‘okinawa prefecture’ encompasses the southern two thirds of that ‘chain’)

(‘naha’, okinawa’s capital, is located in the southern part of ‘okinawa island’)

(currently about half of the 53,000 U.S. troops deployed in ‘japan’ as part of the ‘post-WWII security arrangement’ are based in ‘okinawa’)

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