Yaese, Okinawa
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is a town in Shimajiri District
Shimajiri District, Okinawa
is a district located in Okinawa, Japan. Roughly translated, Shimajiri means "Butt of the island" which refers to its southerly position on the island of Okinawa. Compare this to Kunigami District, Okinawa....

, Okinawa, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Yaese was formed on January 1, 2006 by a merger between the town of Kochinda
Kochinda, Okinawa
was a town located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa, Japan.On January 1, 2006 Kochinda was merged with the village of Gushikami, also from Shimajiri District, to form the new town of Yaese....

 and the village of Gushikami
Gushikami, Okinawa
was a village located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa, Japan.On January 1, 2006 Gushikami was merged with the town of Kochinda, also from Shimajiri District, to form the new town of Yaese...

http://www.yui-g.jp/. As of February 2008, Yaese has a population of 26,758 http://www.town.yaese.okinawa.jp/yaese/rk/files/tm_dl1/zinkou2008.3.pdf.
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