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Okinawa to switches money as reversion nears in 1972
Okinawa awaits reversion to Japanese rule likely July 1 1972 ending use of U S currency. Lincoln portrait on five dollar bill and Konichiwa Hello Kitty notes will disappear. The Ryukyus span emerald dots in the blue China Sea with Okinawa as the largest. Over 945000 residents including 100000 Americans face migration and governance shifts as Japan gains control.
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Robert Crabbe
Tokyo
Okinawa
Abraham Lincoln
Konichiewa
Ryukyu Islands
Biue China Sea
Japan
Taiwan
United States
Far East
U.S. Defense Department
Tass
Pentagon
U.S
Defense Department
Japanese Labor Ministry
Koza
Kadena Air Force Base
Chohye Yara
Nixon
Kisaku Sato
Washington