Now it is one of the major centers of population in the northern section of Okinawa and has recently been changed from son to cho.
When Ginowan- son, Okinawa, was redesignated as a shi in the latter part of the 1970s, the club changed its name to Ginowan-Shijinkai.
Kitanakagusuku- son intended to send a troupe of 15 boys to perform a unique war dance at the 80th anniversary celebrations but was unable to have the dance included in the program.
Okinawa (Okinawa Prefecture of Japan) is a group of 108 islands stretching between the Japan Islands and Taiwan (Figure 1).
Okinawa is in economically critical condition since Okinawa's per capita income remains the lowest in Japan and the unemployment rate is two times as high as the national average.
The Okinawa Times explained this paradox by saying, "While voters in the municipalities with military bases expressed their objection to the consolidation or reduction [of the bases], they seem to have wavered due to the economic factors of employment and income form the bases" (the Okinawa Times 9/9/1996: 3).
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