Okinawa regained nominal sovereignty in 1972 but kept long-term U.S. base tenancy.

Evidence

In Japan, the United States occupied and ruled Okinawa until 1972, when it allowed Japan to regain formal sovereignty but likewise ensured the long-term tenancy of U.S. bases there. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 228

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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• The U.S. continued colonial rule over Okinawa after Japan regained sovereignty in 1952 (similarity 0.91)
• Japan’s leaders accepted Okinawa’s US colonization to keep bases away from mainland (similarity 0.88)
• Japan accepted US rule of Okinawa to avoid bases on the mainland. (similarity 0.87)
• The 1972 reversion actually increased Okinawa’s share of US bases. (similarity 0.86)
• Okinawa’s 1972 return to Japan left its U.S. base burden largely unchanged (similarity 0.84)
• The US seized one-fifth of Okinawa’s arable land within a year. (similarity 0.84)
• Japan colonized Okinawa and used it as an imperial military outpost (similarity 0.83)
• US displaced nearly half of Okinawa’s population and half its farmland (similarity 0.83)
• Japan colonized the independent Ryukyu Kingdom and used it as a military outpost. (similarity 0.82)
• US base-building destroyed Okinawa’s farmland economy and left its people in poverty. (similarity 0.81)
• The US displaced half of Okinawa’s population by the mid-1950s. (similarity 0.81)
• U.S. military buildup displaced nearly half of Okinawa’s population (similarity 0.80)
• US troops policed 600,000 impoverished Okinawans after the war. (similarity 0.80)
• Missile advances make close-in Okinawa bases militarily obsolete (similarity 0.80)
• The containment rationale for Okinawa bases now rests on weaker threats (similarity 0.79)