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Okinawa Memorial Day (Okinawa Prefecture)
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Okinawa Memorial Day
Local observance and public holiday, 23 June
Okinawa Memorial Day is a public holiday observed in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture annually on June 23 to remember the lives lost during the Battle of Okinawa. It is not celebrated nationally throughout Japan. The Battle of Okinawa was the only ground engagement of the Pacific War…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Okinawa Prefecture
Prefecture of Japan
Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan. It consists of three main island groups—the Okinawa Islands, the Sakishima Islands, and the Daitō Islands—spread across a maritime zone approximately 1,000 kilometers east to west and 400 kilometers…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)