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"The" way vs "a" way (Japan v China dept)
Atlantic Online - USA
This is the recent scene: yesterday afternoon, Naha airport, Okinawa, Japan. Line crew gassing up a Cirrus SR22: Details to notice below: crew identically ...

Japan book row reopens old wounds
Aljazeera.net - Qatar
The issue is one of the country's most notorious wartime incidents: during the US invasion of Okinawa in the closing days of the second world war, ...

Books: Looking Beyond Ken Burns' 'The War'
Berkeley Daily Planet - Berkeley,CA,USA
"For the men of the 'old breed' who struggled, bled, died, and eventually won on Peleliu and Okinawa, Sledgehammer is their most eloquent spokesman. ...

Okinawa-based officers heading up cyclone relief effort
Stars and Stripes - Washington,DC,USA
Two Okinawa-based general officers are in charge of US relief efforts in Bangladesh, in response to a Nov. 15 cyclone which killed more than 3200 people ...

Kadena Elementary School fourth-grade teacher dies
Stars and Stripes - Washington,DC,USA
A Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Okinawa teacher died in her home Friday, officials said Tuesday. Georgiana "Pinkey" Ferry, 59, from Huron, SD, ...