Some Quotations for reference for uniquness of Okinwa

 

Okinawan does not share the Japanese national symbol.

 

TOKYO, Oct 26 (Reuter) -Japan court rules against Okinawan flag burner

 

A Japanese high court rejected on Thursday the appeal of a man given a suspended one-year jail term for burning Japan's Rising Sun flag at a national athletic meeting in Okinawa in 1987.

 

The significance of Japanese emperor to Okinawan: None!

 

NAHA, Japan, Aug 2 (Reuter) -Protest as Japan's emperor mourns Okinawa dead

By Susumu Takahashi

 

Dozens of demonstrators protested on Wednesday against a visit by Emperor Akihito to Japan's southernmost island of Okinawa to mourn thousands killed in what historians say was World War Two's bloodiest battle.

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