Okinawan feels betrayed by gov't over return to Japan in 1960s

Okinawan feels betrayed by gov't over return to Japan in 1960s

Masaaki Miyazato, who once served as an executive member of a citizens' group in Okinawa rallying for the southern island's return to Japan from U.S. postwar occupation in the 1960s, speaks during an interview in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 12, 2015, of his anger toward the Japanese central government. Miyazato criticized the government for betraying Okinawa residents' wishes for their hometown to be a peaceful island without U.S. military bases. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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