Opinions of Okinawa’s people being elicited until 11 March in a survey on the proposals and declaration for the 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s return to Japan. (20fe22)

A new declaration and proposals are anticipated to be announced around May this year, the milestone 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s return to Japan. On 18 February, Governor Denny Tamaki began a survey to assemble the opinions of the prefecture’s people for the event. People can respond on a survey form on the Prefecture’s home page. The survey ends on 11 March. The Prefecture will decide how to publish the findings in view of opinions from the survey of the prefecture’s people as well as from experts.


The survey of the prefecture’s people will ask how Okinawa should be 50 years from now. People will be asked for the 10 biggest topics to be emphasized. Among the topics for selection are “our natural environment”, “our traditions and culture”, and “our scenery and landscape.”


At a press conference on 18 February, Governor Tamaki declared, “I want to hear your broad thoughts, opinions no matter how simple, even such as a key word you want included in the proposals or declarations.” 


50 years ago before Okinawa’s return to Japan, the Ryukyu Government under its then Governor Chobyo Yara laid out ideals to present to the Japanese Government in its “Proposed Measures for the Return'', the “Yara Proposals.” The governor’s exchange of ideas with the experts will consider how to carry out those ideals.


The Yara Proposals established as their basic principle that the welfare of the prefecture’s people should be considered primary: (1) that the right to local self-government be established, (2) that the ideals of anti-war and peace be maintained, (3) that basic human rights be established, (4) that the image of a newborn Okinawa be created. Based on these 4 ideals, the Prefecture will select experts and hear their opinions.


The responses of the prefecture’s people to the survey will be accepted on the Prefecture’s home page or by email, fax, or post. To apply by phone, people can call the Prefectural Planning and Coordination  Department at 098-866-2026.


Original Japanese article: Ryukyu Shimpo, published Saturday 19 February 2022 at 10:39

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7bac3e42617dff93510978635c2a3f20936dee90


Translator’s note:

Denny in the News: news about Okinawan Governor Denny Tamaki.

Denny Tamaki is the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Although Okinawa is important as an international tourist destination and a key element in strategic US Military Forces, its governor receives very little coverage in the Japanese press and almost none in the English language media. 

  1. This blog hopes to  translate one news article a day on the governor.  It is unsponsored and unauthorized. The translator simply hopes to improve his skills and perhaps give the governor an English speaking audience. 

  2. Any suggestion on improving the translation will be gratefully accepted. However, please leave political comments for another forum.

  3. Where they occur, words and phrases in Ryukyuan (the Okinawan language) are rendered in italics and translated in parentheses. Names  whose readings are uncertain are rendered as Name (=Kanji?) as in Nagayuki (=長行?). Any corrections in such instances would be gratefully appreciated.

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