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KADENA, Japan, May 17 Kyodo - People march near the U.S. Kadena Air Base (in the background) in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kadena, southern Japan, on May 17, 2025, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, two days after the 53rd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa peace march

People march near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 17, 2025, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, two days after the 53rd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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Okinawa peace march

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki addresses a rally in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Chatan, southern Japan, on May 17, 2025, following a peace march calling for reducing the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces, two days after the 53rd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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Okinawa peace march

People march near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 17, 2025, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, two days after the 53rd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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Okinawa peace march

People march near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 17, 2025, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, two days after the 53rd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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Okinawa peace march

People march near the U.S. Kadena Air Base (in the background) in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kadena, southern Japan, on May 17, 2025, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, two days after the 53rd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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Okinawa peace march

People march near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 17, 2025, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, two days after the 53rd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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Okinawa peace march

People march near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 17, 2025, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, two days after the 53rd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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Okinawa peace march

People stage a rally in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 18, 2024, following a peace march calling for reducing the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces, three days after the 52nd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan, including U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan.

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Okinawa peace march

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki addresses a rally in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 18, 2024, following a peace march calling for reducing the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces, three days after the 52nd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan, including U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan.

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Okinawa peace march

People stage a rally in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 18, 2024, following a peace march calling for reducing the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces, three days after the 52nd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan, including U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan.

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Okinawa peace march

People march near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 18, 2024, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, three days after the 52nd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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Okinawa peace march

People march in front of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 18, 2024, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, three days after the 52nd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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Okinawa peace march

People march in front of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 18, 2024, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, three days after the 52nd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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Okinawa peace march

People march near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 18, 2024, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, three days after the 52nd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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Peace march in Okinawa

People stage a peace march on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on May 15, 2024, the 52nd anniversary since Okinawa's reversion to Japan from U.S. control.

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70th anniv. of Amami Islands' return to Japan

Students attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Amami Islands' reversion to Japan from U.S. rule at an elementary school in Amami in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 25, 2023.

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70th anniv. of Amami Islands' return to Japan

People take part in a lantern procession in Amami in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 25, 2023, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Amami Islands' reversion to Japan from U.S. rule.

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70th anniv. of Amami Islands' return to Japan

Fireworks light up the night sky above Amami in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 25, 2023, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Amami Islands' reversion to Japan from U.S. rule.

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70th anniv. of Amami Islands' return to Japan

Fireworks light up the night sky above Amami in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 25, 2023, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Amami Islands' reversion to Japan from U.S. rule.

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51st anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japanese rule

People stage a rally in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, in protest over the prefecture's continued hosting of the bulk of U.S. bases in Japan on May 14, 2023, a day before the 51st anniversary of the prefecture's reversion to Japan from U.S. rule.

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51st anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japanese rule

People stage a rally in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, in protest over the prefecture's continued hosting of the bulk of U.S. bases in Japan on May 14, 2023, a day before the 51st anniversary of the prefecture's reversion to Japan from U.S. rule.

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51st anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japanese rule

People rally in protest over Okinawa Prefecture's continued hosting of the bulk of U.S. bases in Japan in front of the gate to the U.S. Marine Corps Camp Schwab in the prefectural city of Nago to mark the 51st anniversary of the southern prefecture's reversion to Japan from U.S. rule on May 15, 2023.

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Ruling on secret Okinawa return deal

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama, a former reporter for major Japanese daily The Mainichi Shimbun, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 14, 2014, after he and other plaintiffs lost a lawsuit against the state over the disclosure of secret diplomatic documents concerning the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japan from U.S. control. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court's acknowledgement that the government may have surreptitiously destroyed the documents, but rejected the plaintiffs' appeal over the Tokyo High Court decision not to order the government to disclose them.

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Peace movement leader hands over sash for peace march

NAHA, Japan - Hiroji Yamashiro (L), chairman of the "Okinawa Heiwa Undo Center" (Okinawa Peace Movement Center), hands over a sash to a man at the inauguration ceremony for a 窶徘eace march窶 in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 15, 2014, the 42nd anniversary of Okinawa's reversion from U.S. control back to Japan.

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People show high spirits for 'peace march' in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Participants of an inauguration ceremony for a "peace march" are in high spirits in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 15, 2014, the 42nd anniversary of Okinawa's reversion from U.S. control back to Japan.

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Gov't marks Japan's 1952 recovery of sovereignty

GINOWAN, Japan - People attend a rally in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 28, 2013, to protest against a ceremony held the same day in Tokyo to commemorate the day Japan recovered its sovereignty in 1952 after its defeat in World War II. Okinawa opposed holding the ceremony as April 28 is regarded there as a "day of insult," when the prefecture was cut off from the mainland and forced to remain under U.S. control until its reversion to Japan in 1972.

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40th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan

GINOWAN, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) delivers a speech at a ceremony to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Okinawa Prefecture's return to Japan from U.S. military rule at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan in the prefecture on May 15, 2012.

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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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40th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan

GINOWAN, Japan - People view the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from a hill in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 15, 2012, the 40th anniversary of the prefecture's reversion to Japanese sovereignty from U.S. control.

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Court overturns ruling on disclosure of Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Former Mainichi Shimbun reporter Takichi Nishiyama (L) and other plaintiffs hold a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2011, after the Tokyo High Court overturned a landmark lower court ruling that had ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japan from U.S. control.

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Baloons flown in Futenma protest

GINOWAN, Japan - Citizens group members fly balloons calling for the reversion of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station during a rally in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2011.

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Baloons flown in Futenma protest

GINOWAN, Japan - Citizens group members fly balloons calling for the reversion of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station during a rally in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2011.

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Hong Kong anniversary

HONG KONG, China - An annual demonstration is held in Hong Kong on July 1, 2011, to mark the anniversary of the territory's reversion to China in 1997.

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March on anniv. of 1972 reversion of Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Protesters opposed to the hosting of U.S. military bases in Okinawa march in front of a gate of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 15, 2011. Around 3,000 people took part in the annual march the same day, which marked the 39th anniversary of the 1972 reversion of the prefecture from the United States to Japan.

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Ministry viewed nukes entry into Japan as effective deterrent in 1960s

TOKYO, Japan - Diplomatic documents totaling 8,100 pages are unveiled to the media at the Diplomatic Record Office of the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 7, 2010. The documents consist of eight files concerning the revision of the Japan-U.S. security treaty in 1960 and 29 files concerning the reversion of U.S.-occupied Okinawa to Japan in 1972.

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Peace event in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Demonstrators march in the Henoko area of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, near the government-envisioned relocation site for the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station on May 14, 2010. The march is part of an annual peace event commemorating the anniversary of the May 15, 1972, reversion of Okinawa Prefecture from the United States to Japan.

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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (L), a former reporter of the major daily Mainichi Shimbun, and other plaintiffs arrive at the Tokyo District Court on April 9, 2010. The court ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa, fully backing the plaintiffs in a suit.

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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, a former Japanese vice foreign minister, speaks at his home in Yokohama on April 9, 2010, after a court ordered the state to disclose documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa. Yoshino said he ''spoke the whole truth'' when he appeared in the courtroom as a witness regarding a Japan-U.S. secret pact.

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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (C), a former reporter of the major daily Mainichi Shimbun, beams at a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2010, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa, fully backing him and 24 other plaintiffs in a suit.

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Court orders state to disclose Okinawa reversion papers

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (R), a former reporter of the major daily Mainichi Shimbun, beams at a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2010, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the state to disclose diplomatic documents on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa, fully backing him and 24 other plaintiffs in a suit.

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Ex-diplomat admits Japan, U.S. had secret pact

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, former chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's American Bureau, is photographed before a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Yoshino admitted for the first time in court that Japan and the United States concluded a secret agreement on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa.

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Ex-diplomat admits Japan, U.S. had secret pact

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, former chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's American Bureau, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Yoshino admitted for the first time in court that Japan and the United States concluded a secret agreement on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa.

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Ex-diplomat admits Japan, U.S. had secret pact

TOKYO, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, former chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's American Bureau, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. Yoshino admitted for the first time in court that Japan and the United States concluded a secret agreement on the 1972 reversion of Okinawa.

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Suit over secret Okinawa pact argument rejected again

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama (L), a former reporter of Mainichi Newspapers Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20 after the Tokyo High Court rejected his damages suit seeking 33 million yen in compensation and an apology from the state. Nishiyama, who was convicted for his news-gathering activities on Okinawa's reversion to Japan in 1972, has claimed his career was ruined after he was illegally convicted of urging a Foreign Ministry secretary to bring him classified documents about the negotiation process between Japan and the United States over the reversion.

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Antiwar activist who torched Hinomaru flag

NAHA, Japan - File photo shows Shoichi Chibana, an antiwar activist in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, taking part in a mass protest rally over history textbooks at a Ginowan park in the prefecture on Sept. 29, 2007. The 64-year-old former village assemblyman, who was convicted of torching the Hinomaru flag at a national athletic meet in 1987, has vowed in an interview with Kyodo News to keep fighting to achieve peace in Okinawa ahead of the 40th anniversary on May 15, 2012, of the island's reversion to Japanese sovereignty from U.S. control.

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Suit over secret Okinawa pact argument rejected

TOKYO, Japan - Takichi Nishiyama, 75, expresses his anger at a press conference after the Tokyo District Court rejected his damages suit on March 27. The former Mainichi Shimbun reporter argued his career was ruined by an illegal indictment over his report about a secret agreement between Japan and the United States over the 1972 reversion of Okinawa to Japan.

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Ex-diplomat recognizes existence of secret pact on Okinawa's return

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Bunroku Yoshino, who negotiated with the U.S. government for Okinawa's return to Japan as director general of the ministry's American Bureau, speaks during an interview at his home in Yokohama on FEb. 8. Yoshino, 87, acknowledged that Japan had secretly shouldered $4 million in costs for Okinawa's reversion to Japan from U.S. occupation in 1972.

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Protesters form human chain around U.S. military base in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Protesters form a human chain around the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 15 to demand the immediate closure of the facility. The event was held to mark the 33rd anniversary Sunday of the U.S. reversion of the prefecture to Japan in 1972.

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Annual peace march begins in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - A three-day peace march begins in Okinawa Prefecture on May 13 to mark the 33rd anniversary on May 15 of the U.S. reversion of the prefecture to Japan in 1972. In the 28th march sponsored by the Okinawa Heiwa Undou Center, a local peace group, a total of 10,000 people will walk around U.S. military bases and World War II battle sites to call for peace, organizers said.