A city of southwest Okinawa, Japan, in the Ryukyu islands on the East China Sea. It is a port and the commercial center of the islands. Population, 303, '80.

日本冲绳岛西南部一城市，位于中国海东部的琉球群岛，是该岛的一个港口和商业中心。人口303，' 80。

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Masaaki Gabe is an international relations professor at the University of the Ryuku Islands on Okinawa.

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Kumiodori is a Japanese performing art found on the Okinawa islands.

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It is taking place off Okinawa, north of islands both Japan and China claim.

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Xinhua and the People's Daily Overseas Edition condemn authorities in Okinawa for including the disputed islands in Japan's application for Unesco World Natural Heritage status for the Amami and Ryukyu Islands.

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