The car radio also played an Okinawan folk song called “Bashofu” (Basho fiber cloth). The song made Uezu want to see Okinawa again. Tears welled up in his eyes as he remembered the blue skies ...

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Beijing is believed to be sowing divisions in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture to better facilitate an invasion of Taiwan, British newspaper the Telegraph reported on Saturday. Less than 750km from Taiwan, ...