Okinawa marks 50 years since reversion from the US
epa09948257 US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel delivers a speech during the ceremony for the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan in Tokyo, Japan, 15 May 2022. Japan marked the 50th anniversary of the retrocession from the US rule of the southern island of Okinawa to his sovereignty. Despite decades of protests, the prefecture still concentrates 70 per cent of American bases in Japan while it represents only 0.6 per cent of the Japanese territory. EPA/JAPAN POOL / POOL JAPAN OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/
