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In Okinawa, an independence movement finds an unlikely ally
That changed in 1879, when Japan annexed the kingdom, suppressing the Ryukyuan language and culture as part of a larger effort to assimilate the islands into Japanese society. World War II brought ...
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Ryukyu king posthumous portraits missing since WWII returned to Okinawa from US
Ryukyuan ogoe portraits were produced at the ... with an eye to putting them on public display. (Japanese original by Hiroshi Higa, Naha Bureau) ...