NAHA

näˈhä, city (1990 pop. 304,836), on Okinawa island, in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. A port on the southwest coast, it is also the chief manufacturing center of the island. In 1853, Commodore Perry chose Naha as his first base for the penetration of Japan. The city was virtually destroyed during World War II. In 1945 it became the headquarters of the U.S. military governor of the Ryukyus, and when the island was returned to Japan in 1972, it became the capital of Okinawa prefecture. The name is also spelled Nafa and Nawa.

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books on: Naha  - 276 results

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Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics
Book by Gregory Smits; University of Hawaii Press, 1999
Subjects: Ryukyu Islands--History
...yogawari no shiso: hito to gakumon no keifu Naha: Daiichi kyoiku tosho, 1972 , pp. 156-163...161-162. Maeda, Tei Junsoku , p. 253. Naha-shi kikakubu bunka shinkoka, eds., Naha-shi shi, shiryo-hen, dai ichi kan ju...
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World War II Pacific Island Guide: A Geo-Military Study
Book by Gordon L. Rottman; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Islands Of The Pacific--Strategic Aspects, Military Geography--Pacific Area, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean, World War, 1939-1945--United States
...Army had progressed south to Shuri and Naha with the divisions on line from east to...remnants. On the 29th the 22d Marines took Naha while an element of the 5th Marines, seizing...Independent Mixed Brigade southeast of Naha and then attacked XXIV Corps elements to...
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Okinawa: the Last Battle
Book by Roy E. Appleman, James M. Burns, Russell A. Gugeler, John Stevens; Historical Division, Dept. of the Army, 1948
The Occupation of Naha The unmolested patrols into Naha on 24 May led to the crossing of the lower Asato on 25 May...Marine Division, which during the day penetrated deep into Naha west of the northsouth canal that bisects the city. Only...
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Chronology, 1941-1945
Book by Mary H. Williams; Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1960
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Chronology
...area, marines of 22d Regt, 6th Mar Div, in Naha push forward to the Kokuba estuary with ease...when trying to reconnoiter Ona-Yama I., in Naha Harbor. Engineers bridge the canal in Naha after nightfall. 29th Marines relieves 4th Marines...
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Japanese Modernisation and Mingei Theory: Cultural Nationalism and Oriental Orientalism
Book by Yuko Kikuchi; RoutledgeCurzon, 2003
Subjects: Culture--Japan--History--20th Century, Folk Art--Japan--History--20th Century, Identity (Psychology)--Japan, Yanagi, Muneyoshi--1889-1961--Criticism And Interpretation
...Region), Okinawa Asahi (Okinawa Asahi Newspaper), 10 January, compiled in Naha Shiyakusho Somubu Shishi Henshushitsu, Naha Shishi Shiryohen (The History of Naha City - Resources), 2-Chu (part 2)(3): 375, 1970. --1940b. Yanagi...
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journal articles on: Naha  - 46 results

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Northern Lacandon Maya Medicinal Plant Use in the Communities of Lacanja Chan Sayab and Naha', Chiapas, Mexico
Journal article by Ryan Amir Kashanipour, R. Jon McGee; Journal of Ecological Anthropology, Vol. 8, 2004
Subjects: Cultural anthropology, Farmers, Flowers & plants, Folk medicine, Maya Tribe, Mexico, Native North Americans
...the Communities of Lacanja Chan Sayab and Naha, Chiapas, Mexico by Ryan Amir Kashanipour...the communities of Lacanja Chan Sayab and Naha. Our purpose is twofold. First, we document...destruction. We collected information in Naha and Lacanja Chan Sayab-the two largest...
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Introductory Routes of Rice to Japan: An Examination of the Southern Route Hypothesis
Journal article by Hiroto Takamiya; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 40, 2001
Subjects: Agricultural geography--Research, Agriculture, Prehistoric, Japan--History, Okinawa Island--History, Plant remains (Archaeology)--Research
...the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, Naha (Fig. 3). The site dates between the...site in terms of its settlement location (Naha City Board of Education 1996:78). Approximately...Yayoi-Heian and the Gusuku periods (Naha City Board of Education 1996:78). The...
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Shushin Kani'iri (Possessed by Love, Thwarted by the Bell): A Kumi Odori by Tamagusuku Chokun, as Staged by Kin Ryosho
Journal article by Nobuko Miyama Ochner, Kathy Foley; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 22, 2005
...Kumi Odori Gekijo) in Urasoe-shi near Naha in 2004. Nobuko Miyama Ochner is an associate...Kumi Odori Theatre in Urasoe-shi near Naha opened, marking another step in official...attempted to establish a kumi odori theatre in Naha, but by 1919 popular taste had forced...
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Ganjiro III and Chikamatsu's "Lost" Kabuki Masterpiece
Journal article by Laurence Kominz; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 17, 2000
Subjects: Ganjiro, Nakamura, III--Conduct of life, Kabuki plays--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Monzaemon, Chikamatsu--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...of the set by Arimura Lines--made the 1998 Naha trip possible for Ghikamatsu-za. While Naha was the site of the opening performance, this...now realize a two-performance engagement in Naha at the three-thousand-seat Naha Shimin Kaikan...
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Host Nation Support, Responsibility Sharing, and Alternative Approaches to U.s. Bases in Japan
Journal article by Paul S. Giarra; Naval War College Review, Vol. 50, 1997
Subjects: International relations-US, Japan, Military bases, National security, United States
...substantially different calculus in both Naha (the prefectural capital) and Tokyo...This is the case, for instance, at Naha Military Port, for which no natural alternative exists on the island. Just north of Naha, in Urasoe, plans are underway for an...
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magazine articles on: Naha  - 33 results

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Onward & Upward
Magazine article by Gussie Fauntleroy; Southwest Art, Vol. 37, August 2007
Subjects: Art exhibits, Art galleries & museums, Dance, Daughters, Design, Independent study, Native North Americans
...Trading Company and Galleries, Rapid City, SD. RAINY NAHA Hopi/Tewa potter Rainy Naha, 57, has had a lifelong relationship with the art...pottery shards still inspire designs for her pots. Naha is one of a handful of artists working in Hopi...
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Threads of Okinawan History
Magazine article by Amanda Mayer Stinchecum; Natural History, Vol. 110, September 2001
Subjects: Culture, Indigenous people, Okinawa, Weaving
...reduced the prefectures capital city of Naha to rubble and destroyed most of the smaller...court at Shuri, now part of the city of Naha) became a thriving entrepot for trade...hardedged pattern. After studying in Naha, Arakaki returned to Ishigaki and single...
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The Road Home Reforms Assessed
Magazine article by Pamela Foster; Impact, Summer 2009
Subjects: Councils, Data collection, Domestic violence, Federal government, Housing, Legislation, Reforms
...territories through the National Affordable Housing Agreement (NAHA). The NAHA will combine the base funding for SAAP, as well as funding...CSHA). There are also partnership payments under the NAHA. These tie increases in funding to particular Government...
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Vietnam: Twilight for the Troopship
Magazine article by David Grover; Sea Classics, Vol. 37, February 2004
...steaming toward our first port of call in the Far East, Naha on Okinawa. Naha was an established peacetime Army terminal. Consequently...ships mooring lines. After getting our booster shots in Naha, we were off the next day to Vietnam, several days...
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Okinawans Want Americans out
Magazine article; Anglican Journal, Vol. 121, May 1995
Subjects: Asia, History, Japan, Military bases, Okinawa Japan, World War II
Okinawans Want Americans out NAHA CITY When the United States attacked Okinawa...more than 80 per cent of the town. In Naha City, the prefectural capital, the military...agreed to return the land occupied by the Naha Military Port on the condition that a suitable...
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newspaper articles on: Naha  - 51 results

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ICTSI Unit Mulls Okinawa Shipping Hub
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, May 25, 2006
Subjects: Container ports, Containerization, Containerization (Freight), Marine terminals, Ports
...terminal the shipping hub of East Asia. Naha International Container Terminal (NICT...cargo bound for China. ICTSIs affiliate, Naha International Container Terminal, Inc...ports like Xiamen, Fuzhou and Wenzhou to Naha. Vessels carrying Japanese imports from...
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Naha's Menu Soars to Same Height as Prices
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 26, 2001
Subjects: Chicago, Illinois, Restaurants
...refill). Resolutions? I might suggest to Naha, the new restaurant that took over the...to mind is to rethink the whole thing. Naha (the way I see my tab after a couple of...close by." The point of all this is that Naha is a fine-dining restaurant relative...
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U.S. Base's Transfer on Hold; Okinawa Sets Time Limit on Use; Environmentalists Fear Risks to Reef
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 26, 2004
...Takehiko Kambayashi, THE WASHINGTON TIMES NAHA, Japan - Despite a 1996 agreement that...islands. Tokyo and Okinawas capital, Naha, settled on a large sea-based facility...the daily Ryukyu Shimpo, published in Naha, 9.6 percent of Okinawans agree with...
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ICTSI to Bid for 4 More inta[euro
Newspaper article; April 21, 2006
Subjects: Container ports, Ports
...Manila port is down," he said. Last year, the Naha Port Authority (NPA) of Japan designated Naha International Container Terminal, Inc. (NICTI...of ICTSI, as the authorized operator of the Naha Port Public International Container Terminal...
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Okinawans Are Divided on Clinton's G-8 Visit: Japanese See Another Military Base on Island
Newspaper article by Takehiko Nomura; The Washington Times, September 17, 1999
Subjects: Okinawa Island
...military base on island by Takehiko Nomura NAHA, Japan - President Clintons visit to Okinawa...especially those in urban areas like Naha, the capital, residents of Nago see it...government but the governor and people in Naha hardly grasp what Nago residents think...
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encyclopedia articles on: Naha  - 5 results

 
 
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Naha
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NAHA na ha, city (1990 pop. 304,836), on Okinawa island, in the Ryukyu Islands...the chief manufacturing center of the island. In 1853, Commodore Perry chose Naha as his first base for the penetration of Japan. The city was virtually destroyed...
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Ryukyu Islands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...also important to the economy. Some light industry is found in Naha , Okinawa, the Ryukyus largest city. Sugar and canned pineapples...placed (Aug., 1945) under a U.S. military governor at Naha. The Ryukyus became a key salient of the U.S. Pacific defense...
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Okinawa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...largest of the Okinawa Islands in the Ryukyu Islands archipelago. Naha is the largest city and chief port. Okinawa is a long, narrow...fishing and tourism are important. There is some light industry in Naha. Okinawa was the scene of the last great U.S. amphibious...
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Nawa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NAWA see Naha , Okinawa. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Nafa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NAFA see Naha , Okinawa. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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