The Japanese island chain of Okinawa marked the 50th anniversary on Sunday of the end of US occupation and its return to Japan with ceremonies and celebrations amid growing worry about its proximity to an increasingly assertive China.
Okinawa, a string of tropical islands off far southwest Japan much closer to Taiwan than Tokyo, suffered massive devastation in World War II. Two months of bloody battles between US and Japanese forces left as many as a third of its people dead. Nearly 30 years of US rule followed.On May 15, 1972, the islands were finally returned to Japan in what was seen as a hopeful step forward from the war's painful legacy.
"These are small islands," said a protester on the island of Miyako, host to Japan's newest army base, declining to give her name.Read More"Building up a military base will not protect them but rather make them a target of attack."With eye on China's zero-Covid chaos, Taiwan seizes chance to open upPrime Minister Fumio Kishida will take part in ceremonies to commemorate the handover on Okinawa, while Emperor Naruhito will make comments via videolink from Tokyo.
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