· Administrative change
Japanese annexation of the Ryukyu Kingdom, 1879
Japan formally abolished the Ryukyu Kingdom and annexed it as Okinawa Prefecture.
Significance here: The founding disputed event of Ryukyuan/Okinawan independence claims.
Timeline: Ryukyu / Okinawan self-determination
Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
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· Agreement
Reversion of Okinawa to Japan, 1972
US administration of the Ryukyu Islands ended with their return to Japan, despite local protest over unaddressed base concerns.
Significance here: The event that ended the post-war window in which some Ryukyuans had sought independence rather than reversion to Japan.
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