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There was much rejoicing in Okinawa Prefecture over Ryo Kiyuna becoming the first Okinawan native to win an Olympic gold medal after the southernmost prefecture returned to Japanese sovereignty in 1972. ....
At one time the Kokusai-dori area of Naha was described as the miracle mile because of the rapid economic development that followed Okinawa s return to Japanese sovereignty. (Minako Yoshimoto) NAHA The island prefecture of Okinawa got left behind from mainland Japan decades ago. Postwar U.S. military occupation primarily took care of that. Now, as Okinawa marks the 49th anniversary of its return to Japanese sovereignty, the lingering effects of being under U.S. control for so long are coming into sharper focus. That, and the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, have had a devastating toll on the local economy. Okinawa was the independent Ryukyu Kingdom until 1879 when it was annexed by Japan. ....
Three university students urge pressure on government to protect remains of war dead (From right) Yuto Ishikawa, Keigo Nishio, and Kazu Nakamoto explaining the “Urgent Action” campaign during a Zoom conference on April 14. April 14, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo Three university students started Urgent Action (Kinkyu Action), a public pressure campaign on the Japanese government to block a soil collecting project in southern Okinawa, where remains of the war dead from the Battle of Okinawa lay. Additionally, the campaign rallies support for Governor Denny Tamaki’s response against the mining contractor, which submitted a permit to operate in Itoman City. The three originators of Urgent Action are Keigo Nishio, 22, a student at Yale University in the U.S.; Yuto Ishikawa, 22, and Kazu Nakamoto, 21, graduate students at Okinawa International University. ....
Reclamation work is under way off the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, to build a new facility to take over the functions of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, also in the prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) A long-running saga over costly land reclamation work for a new U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture took another twist after a prominent U.S. think tank researcher said the project is “unlikely” to ever to be completed as planned. The project to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan to the Henoko district of Nago, both in Okinawa Prefecture, has been plagued by repeated delays and alienated residents of the southernmost prefecture who vociferously complain they shoulder an unfair burden in hosting 70 percent of all U.S. military facilities in Japan. ....
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