Reversion of Okinawa to Japan

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historical event international agreement political process

Reversion of Okinawa to Japan was the 1972 political process and agreement by which administrative control of Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands was returned from United States occupation to Japanese sovereignty.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
1960s Okinawan reversion movement	1
Reversion of Okinawa to Japan canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ international agreement ⓘ political process ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Okinawa Reversion NERFINISHED ⓘ Reversion of the Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Daito Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Okinawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
between	Government of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	1972 in international relations ⓘ History of Okinawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaties of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaties of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateEffective	1972-05-15 ⓘ
ended	United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	United States occupation of Okinawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConsequence	continued stationing of US forces in Okinawa under Japanese sovereignty ⓘ domestic political debate in Japan over US bases in Okinawa ⓘ
hasCountryCedingAdministration	United States GENERATED ⓘ
hasCountryReceivingSovereignty	Japan GENERATED ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
hasTopic	US military presence in Japan ⓘ decolonization and occupation policy ⓘ postwar Japanese sovereignty ⓘ
implementedBy	Government of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasisInUS	United States–Japan security arrangements NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalForm	bilateral agreement ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Japanese government officials ⓘ United States government officials ⓘ
partOf	Japan–United States relations NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	San Francisco Peace Treaty coming into force ⓘ
preserved	United States military base rights in Okinawa ⓘ
restoredSovereigntyTo	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	application of Japanese law in Okinawa ⓘ end of separate Ryukyu dollar currency ⓘ extension of Japanese education system to Okinawa ⓘ extension of Japanese social security systems to Okinawa ⓘ formal recognition of Okinawa as a prefecture of Japan under Japanese administration ⓘ integration of Okinawa into Japanese administrative system ⓘ introduction of Japanese yen as sole legal tender in Okinawa ⓘ return of administrative rights over Okinawa to Japan ⓘ
subjectOf	Agreement Between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
treatySignedIn	Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	1972 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American occupation of Okinawa → followedBy → Reversion of Okinawa to Japan ⓘ

American occupation of Okinawa → significantEvent → Reversion of Okinawa to Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1960s Okinawan reversion movement