{"slug": "okinawa-prefecture", "label": "Okinawa Prefecture", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766445", "qid": "Q766445", "description": "prefecture of Japan", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [1398, 2024], "span_label": ["1398 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "taiwan", "label": "Taiwan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "richard-nixon", "label": "Richard Nixon", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1398, "year_label": "1398 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Bunei succeeds his father, Satto, as King of Chūzan (modern-day central Okinawa, Japan).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372737#Date_unknown", "title": "1398", "revid": 1370372737, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1400, "year_label": "1400 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Hananchi succeeds Min as King of Hokuzan, in modern-day north Okinawa, Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369029011#Date_unknown", "title": "1400", "revid": 1369029011, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1403, "year_label": "1403 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "probable – Ououso becomes King of Nanzan, in present-day south Okinawa, Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371593649#Date_unknown", "title": "1403", "revid": 1371593649, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1879, "year_label": "1879 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – The Ryukyu Domain is incorporated into the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan and the last ruler, Shō Tai, exiled to Tokyo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365404244#March", "title": "1879", "revid": 1365404244, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1944, "year_label": "1944 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 10", "text": "October 10 – WWII: 10/10 Air Raid: Allied forces inflict significant losses upon Imperial Japanese Navy ships moored in Naha Harbor, destroying much of the city of Naha, Okinawa as well.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022611#October", "title": "1944", "revid": 1370022611, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1945, "year_label": "1945 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – WWII: Battle of Okinawa: The Tenth United States Army lands on Okinawa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371513862#April", "title": "1945", "revid": 1371513862, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1945, "year_label": "1945 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – American war correspondent Ernie Pyle is killed by Japanese machine gun fire on the island of Ie Shima off Okinawa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371513862#April", "title": "1945", "revid": 1371513862, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 21", "text": "November 21 – U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree in Washington, D.C. to the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. Under the terms of the agreement, the U.S. retains rights to military bases on the island, but they must be nuclear-free.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#November", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "April 3", "text": "April 3 – A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 strikes off the eastern coast of Taiwan, with small tsunamis reaching heights of 20 – 30 hitting Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#April", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › April"}}]}