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Kadena Circle in 1945. The Kadena area has some of the oldest settlement remains, in the form of shell mounds, on Okinawa Island. [5] The Hija River, the modern border between Yomitan and Kadena, was the focus of these early settlements. [5] A number of ruins of minor gusuku (castles and forts) can be found in the area. [5]
Naval Base Okinawa, now Naval Facility Okinawa, is a number of bases built after the Battle of Okinawa by United States Navy on Okinawa Island, Japan.The naval bases were built to support the landings on Okinawa on April 1, 1945, and the troops fighting on Okinawa.
Kadena Air Base (嘉手納飛行場, Kadena Hikōjō) (IATA: DNA, ICAO: RODN) is a United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is often referred to as the "Keystone of the Pacific" because of its highly strategic location. [2]
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday an end to the company's third-party fact-checking program that was designed to curb misinformation online.In its place, Meta, which owns Facebook ...
Britain's Queen Camilla gave a speech to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Thursday, reminding the audience of the importance of the words "Never forget", days before the 80th anniversary ...
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Kazoku refers to the aristocratic or noble class of the Empire of Japan; this system existed from 1869 to 1947.Though the samurai class had been abolished, many daimyō and kuge, rather than losing their rank entirely, were given Western-style titles, such as Baron, Duke or Marquis.
The Kasumi Kaikan has its club rooms on the top floor of the Kasumigaseki Building in Tokyo. The Kasumi Kaikan (霞会館) is the association of the former kazoku of Japan. [1]It was originally called the Kazoku Kaikan (華族会館, Peers' Club) and renamed in 1947 after the post-war Constitution of Japan abolished the hereditary peerage.