42u.s. invasion forces establish a beachhead on Okinawa island, about 350 miles from the Japanese mainland, on April 13. 1945.

1945年4月13日，入侵美军在冲绳岛建立滩头阵地，该岛距日本本土约550公里。

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Ryoko, the heroine, is an innocent girl raised on the isolated island of Okinawa.

住在冲绳小岛上的女主角恭子是一个天真无邪的女孩。

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The biggest is the fate of an American helicopter base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa.

其中最受关注的就是，未来美国在冲绳岛的直升机基地将何去何从？

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And the D.P.J. has questioned an agreement about an American Marine base on the island of Okinawa.

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Both said they want to find a solution to the dispute over U.S.military basing rights on the southern island of Okinawa.

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Four DPJ members from Okinawa won parliamentary seats with promises of reducing the U.S.troop presence on the island.

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Taiwan was handed back to China at the end of the second world war, but the islands remained under the control of the Americans, who administered them as part of the Okinawa island chain.

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Protests will be especially vehement in Okinawa, an island prefecture that serves with others areas of Japan as a platform for U.S. military bases and operations in Asia.

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Calling the 50-year-old United States security alliance with Japan "unshakable, " Clinton said she will sign an agreement to move 8, 000 U.S. troops from Okinawa to the island of Guam.

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