In 1971, the year before Okinawa’s reversion to Japan, the Ryukyu government, the local self-governing body under U.S. rule there, drafted a proposal concerning the handover of Okinawa to Japan.

These developments come as Japan is increasingly alarmed by the prospect of an invasion of Taiwan. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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