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1st U.N. indigenous peoples' conference

NEW YORK, United States - Kazushi Abe, vice president of the Ainu Association of Hokkaido, speaks with reporters at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2014, the day the two-day World Conference on Indigenous Peoples began there. Delegates for indigenous peoples from around the world, including Ainu and Okinawans from Japan, attended the first U.N.-backed conference of its kind to discuss measures aimed at ensuring their political representation and freedom from discrimination.

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1st U.N. indigenous peoples' conference

NEW YORK, United States - Keiko Itokazu, a member of Japan's House of Councillors elected from Okinawa Prefecture, speaks at the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2014, wearing a traditional outfit of Okinawa. Delegates for indigenous peoples from around the world, including Ainu and Okinawans from Japan, attended the first U.N.-backed conference of its kind to discuss measures aimed at ensuring their political representation and freedom from discrimination.

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1st U.N. indigenous peoples' conference

NEW YORK, United States - Delegates for indigenous peoples from around the world, including Ainu and Okinawans from Japan, attend the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2014 to discuss measures aimed at ensuring their political representation and freedom from discrimination. The conference, running through Sept. 23, is the first U.N.-backed conference of its kind.

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Okinawans see 2020 Tokyo Olympics with mixed feelings

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 5, 2013 shows people viewing from an upland park the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture.

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Okinawans see 2020 Tokyo Olympics with mixed feelings

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 6, 2013 shows Isamu Miyagi, the first torch bearer for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, standing with the torch and his uniform at the time at an athletic field in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, where a welcoming ceremony was held.

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Ex-PM Hatoyama apologizes to Okinawans

GINOWAN, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama gives a speech in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 15, 2012, the 40th anniversary of its reversion to Japanese sovereignty. During his speech in the city that hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, Hatoyama apologized to the people of the prefecture for his flip-flops when he was prime minister over the relocation of the controversial U.S. military base on the southwestern island.

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Anti-Futemma base rally in Okinawa

YOMITAN, Japan - Narumi Shikiya and Kana Okamoto, both students of Futemma Senior High School, take turns addressing a rally calling for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 25, 2010. The girls urged ''all people in Japan'' to put themselves in Okinawans' shoes.

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Anti-Futemma base rally in Okinawa

YOMITAN, Japan - Narumi Shikiya (L) and Kana Okamoto, both students of Futemma Senior High School, take turns addressing a rally calling for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 25, 2010. The girls urged ''all people in Japan'' to put themselves in Okinawans' shoes.

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Okinawans banking on goat meat for regional development

NAHA, Japan - Tsubame restaurant owner Settei Chochin (L) and goat meat shop owner Masako Uehara work together to develop new dishes using goat meat in the Makishi public market in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, in March.

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Okinawans lead the nation in using electronic money

NAHA, Japan - A travel agency in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, in this photo taken March 2, has the equipment to accept ''Edy'' electronic money.

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Okinawans protest govt's partial concession on history texts

NAHA, Japan - Peace activists and schoolteachers rally in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27 in protest against the education ministry's decision to reject direct references in school history textbooks that the Japanese military ''forced'' civilians in Okinawa to commit mass during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. The rally was held a day after Education Minister Kisaburo Tokai approved references to the military's ''involvement'' in the mass suicides but rejected, in line with recommendation by official textbook screeners, that the military had ''forced'' the suicides, citing the lack of historical evidence.

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Okinawans begin hunger strike to protest SDF deployment

NAHA, Japan - About 30 Okinawa citizens begin a 32-hour hunger strike in front of the Okinawa prefectural government office Nov. 21 in Naha to protest the dispatch of Japan's Self-Defense Forces to lend noncombat support to the U.S. military operations in Afghanistan.

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Okinawans march over alleged rape by U.S. airman

CHATAN, Japan - Okinawans march in front of the U.S. Kadena Air Base July 3 to protest last week's alleged rape of a Japanese woman by a U.S. airman. Police obtained an arrest warrant the previous day for Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland, who is posted at the base in central Okinawa.

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Okinawans rally over alleged crimes by U.S. servicemen

NAHA, Japan - More than 7,000 residents of Okinawa took part in a rally on July 15 in the southern Okinawa Island city of Ginowan to protest two criminal cases allegedly committed by U.S. servicemen earlier this month and to call for a smaller U.S. military presence in the island prefecture. It is the largest gathering in the southernmost prefecture to protest the U.S. military since some 85,000 locals attended a similar rally in the wake of the September 1995 rape of a 12-year-old girl in the prefecture by three U.S. servicemen.

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Okinawans stage 'peace walk' around U.S. Kadena air base

NAHA, Japan - About 100 Okinawa residents join a ''Peace Walk'' around the U.S. Air Force Kadena Air Base in central Okinawa on June 18. The event was held ahead of the July 21-23 Group of Eight summit in the northern Okinawan city of Nago. Kadena is the largest U.S. military base in the Far East.

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Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival in Naha

Emigrants originally from Okinawa parade down a main street in the prefecture' capital Naha on Oct. 30, 2022, on the eve of the four-day 7th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival. Held once every five years, the festival, not held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is an occasion for Okinawans who have moved abroad to gather back in their home prefecture.

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Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival in Naha

Emigrants originally from Okinawa parade down a main street in the prefecture' capital Naha on Oct. 30, 2022, on the eve of the four-day 7th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival. Held once every five years, the festival, not held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is an occasion for Okinawans who have moved abroad to gather back in their home prefecture.

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Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival in Naha

Emigrants originally from Okinawa parade down a main street in the prefecture' capital Naha on Oct. 30, 2022, on the eve of the four-day 7th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival. Held once every five years, the festival, not held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is an occasion for Okinawans who have moved abroad to gather back in their home prefecture.

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Xinhua Headlines: Following 50 years of Japanese rule, Okinawans haunted by discrimination, U.S. military bases

(220516) -- TOKYO, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Police officers hold back protesters in Okinawa, Japan, May 15, 2022, the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan from the control of the United States. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Xinhua Headlines: Following 50 years of Japanese rule, Okinawans haunted by discrimination, U.S. military bases

(220516) -- TOKYO, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan from the control of the United States is held in Okinawa, Japan, May 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Xinhua Headlines: Following 50 years of Japanese rule, Okinawans haunted by discrimination, U.S. military bases

(220516) -- TOKYO, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Protesters march on the street in downtown Tokyo, Japan, on May 15, 2022, the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan from the control of the United States. (Photo by Christopher Jue/Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: Following 50 years of Japanese rule, Okinawans haunted by discrimination, U.S. military bases

(220516) -- TOKYO, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a protest in Okinawa, Japan, May 14, 2022, asking to reduce the U.S. base-hosting burdens of the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Xinhua Headlines: Following 50 years of Japanese rule, Okinawans haunted by discrimination, U.S. military bases

(220516) -- TOKYO, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a protest in Okinawa, Japan, May 15, 2022, the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan from the control of the United States. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Xinhua Headlines: Following 50 years of Japanese rule, Okinawans haunted by discrimination, U.S. military bases

(220516) -- TOKYO, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a protest in Okinawa, Japan, May 14, 2022, asking to reduce the U.S. base-hosting burdens of the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Xinhua Headlines: Following 50 years of Japanese rule, Okinawans haunted by discrimination, U.S. military bases

(220516) -- TOKYO, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a protest in Okinawa, Japan, May 14, 2022, asking to reduce the U.S. base-hosting burdens of the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Xinhua Headlines: Following 50 years of Japanese rule, Okinawans haunted by discrimination, U.S. military bases

(220516) -- TOKYO, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Protesters march on the street in downtown Tokyo, Japan, on May 15, 2022, the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan from the control of the United States. (Photo by Christopher Jue/Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: Following 50 years of Japanese rule, Okinawans haunted by discrimination, U.S. military bases

(220516) -- TOKYO, May 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Protesters march on the street in downtown Tokyo, Japan, on May 15, 2022, the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan from the control of the United States. (Photo by Christopher Jue/Xinhua)

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50 yrs after Okinawa's return to Japan -- discrimination persists, economic development hampered

STORY: 50 yrs after Okinawa's return to Japan -- discrimination persists, economic development hampered DATELINE: May 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of protests in Okinawa 2. various of the U.S. military bases in Japan STORYLINE: Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of its reversion to Japan from the control of the United States. Ceremonies were held by the government to mark the anniversary, while a large number of residents gathered outside the venue demanding the reduction of the U.S. base-hosting burdens and even a total withdrawal of the U.S. forces. Half a century later, Okinawans still face deep-rooted discrimination and injustice in Japan. The U.S. military bases on the island are also a nightmare for them, imposing an extra burden on the prefecture. Okinawa accounts for only 0.6 percent of Japan's territory, but is home to about 70 percent of U.S. military bases in Japan. From 1972 to 2019, U.

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Okinawans protest govt's partial concession on history texts

NAHA, Japan - Peace activists and schoolteachers rally in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27 in protest against the education ministry's decision to reject direct references in school history textbooks that the Japanese military ''forced'' civilians in Okinawa to commit mass during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. The rally was held a day after Education Minister Kisaburo Tokai approved references to the military's ''involvement'' in the mass suicides but rejected, in line with recommendation by official textbook screeners, that the military had ''forced'' the suicides, citing the lack of historical evidence. (Kyodo)

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Okinawans protest at base plan on sovereignty recovery anniversary

People hold signs saying "No" to the planned transfer of a U.S. air base from Ginowan to Nago in front of the Okinawa prefectural government building in Naha on April 28, 2015. They protested against the relocation on the 63rd anniversary of Japan's recovery of its sovereignty in 1952 after its defeat in World War II but a "day of insult" for Okinawa that remained under U.S. control until 1972. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawans protest at base plan on sovereignty recovery anniversary

Protesters chant slogans in front of the gate of the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab adjacent to the planned Futenma base relocation site in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawans protest at base plan on sovereignty recovery anniversary

Social Democratic Party chief Tadatomo Yoshida (R in front) takes part in protest activities aboard a boat on April 28, 2015 at the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, where the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan is scheduled to be relocated. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-PM Hatoyama apologizes to Okinawans

GINOWAN, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama gives a speech in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 15, 2012, the 40th anniversary of its reversion to Japanese sovereignty. During his speech in the city that hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, Hatoyama apologized to the people of the prefecture for his flip-flops when he was prime minister over the relocation of the controversial U.S. military base on the southwestern island. (Kyodo)

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Anti-Futemma base rally in Okinawa

YOMITAN, Japan - Narumi Shikiya and Kana Okamoto, both students of Futemma Senior High School, take turns addressing a rally calling for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 25, 2010. The girls urged ''all people in Japan'' to put themselves in Okinawans' shoes. (Kyodo)

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Anti-Futemma base rally in Okinawa

YOMITAN, Japan - Narumi Shikiya (L) and Kana Okamoto, both students of Futemma Senior High School, take turns addressing a rally calling for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 25, 2010. The girls urged ''all people in Japan'' to put themselves in Okinawans' shoes. (Kyodo)

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1st U.N. indigenous peoples' conference

NEW YORK, United States - Keiko Itokazu, a member of Japan's House of Councillors elected from Okinawa Prefecture, speaks at the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2014, wearing a traditional outfit of Okinawa. Delegates for indigenous peoples from around the world, including Ainu and Okinawans from Japan, attended the first U.N.-backed conference of its kind to discuss measures aimed at ensuring their political representation and freedom from discrimination. (Kyodo)

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1st U.N. indigenous peoples' conference

NEW YORK, United States - Delegates for indigenous peoples from around the world, including Ainu and Okinawans from Japan, attend the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2014 to discuss measures aimed at ensuring their political representation and freedom from discrimination. The conference, running through Sept. 23, is the first U.N.-backed conference of its kind. (Kyodo)

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Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival begins in Naha

Emigrants originally from Okinawa parade down International Avenue in Naha, the capital of the prefecture, during the Festival Eve Parade of the 6th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival on Oct. 26, 2016. Held once every five years, the festival is an occasion for Okinawans who have moved abroad to gather back in their home prefecture (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival begins in Naha

Women dressed in colorful costumes parade along International Avenue in Naha, Okinawa, during the Festival Eve Parade for the 6th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival on Oct. 26, 2016. Held once every five years, the festival is an occasion for Okinawans who have emigrated to gather back in their home prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawans march over alleged rape by U.S. airman

CHATAN, Japan - Okinawans march in front of the U.S. Kadena Air Base July 3 to protest last week's alleged rape of a Japanese woman by a U.S. airman. Police obtained an arrest warrant the previous day for Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland, who is posted at the base in central Okinawa.

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Okinawans rally over alleged crimes by U.S. servicemen

NAHA, Japan - More than 7,000 residents of Okinawa took part in a rally on July 15 in the southern Okinawa Island city of Ginowan to protest two criminal cases allegedly committed by U.S. servicemen earlier this month and to call for a smaller U.S. military presence in the island prefecture. It is the largest gathering in the southernmost prefecture to protest the U.S. military since some 85,000 locals attended a similar rally in the wake of the September 1995 rape of a 12-year-old girl in the prefecture by three U.S. servicemen.

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Okinawans stage 'peace walk' around U.S. Kadena air base

NAHA, Japan - About 100 Okinawa residents join a ''Peace Walk'' around the U.S. Air Force Kadena Air Base in central Okinawa on June 18. The event was held ahead of the July 21-23 Group of Eight summit in the northern Okinawan city of Nago. Kadena is the largest U.S. military base in the Far East.