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                    [ArticleID] => 2305103
                    [Title] => China pinakahuling komolonya sa Taiwan
                    [Summary] => Ang super-mayoryang lahing Han sa China ang pinaka-huling komolonya sa Taiwan. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-10-20 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135482
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805283
                    [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc
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                    [Title] => 'Florita' hits Japan's main islands
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A major storm dumped heavy rain on western Japan Thursday after sweeping through the southern islands of Okinawa, where it caused extensive flooding, knocked out power and injured at least 32 people. The storm also boosted rainfall levels in other parts of the country, leaving two people dead.

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A typhoon paralyzed transportation and knocked out power to thousands on the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa on Tuesday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-09 08:05:41 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302367 [AuthorName] => Elaine Kurtenbach [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140709/japan-typhoon-florita-neoguri.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1292572 [Title] => Plan to move base highlights US problem on Okinawa [Summary] =>

For 10 years, Hiroshi Ashitomi has been coming to the beach near his Okinawa home every day to sit. He loves nothing more than the sea around the island, the rare sightings of dugongs and sea turtles, the tan sand and the crags out by the breakwater. He believes the sea is the greatest gift of his ancestors and he wants to pass it on to future generations.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-20 15:54:04 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1307351 [AuthorName] => Eric Talmadge [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/853/7lzu.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 569582 [Title] => Okinawans rally for US base to be moved off island [Summary] =>

Tens of thousands of Okinawan residents and leaders demanded a US Marine base be moved off the island at a mass rally Sunday inflamed by suspicion it may be relocated on the southern Japanese island.

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Japanese officials were searching for the five-member crew of a Philippine tugboat that went missing Thursday, said an official from the Okinawan prefectural government.
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[DatePublished] => 2002-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133914 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 151974 [Title] => Eat and live like an Okinawan [Summary] => The Japanese live longer than anyone else on this planet – and Okinawans live longer than anyone else in Japan. The Japanese government says 457 Okinawans are at least 100 years old. That’s 34.7 centenarians for every 100,000 Okinawans, the highest ratio in the world. Life expectancy is 81.2 years on Okinawa, longer than in any other area, region, or country. New figures show that the average Okinawan woman lives to 86 and the average man to 78.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133436 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1778504 [AuthorName] => Tyrone M. Reyes M.D. [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) ) )
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