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Japan marks first 'sovereignty recovery' day
Sunday April 28, 2013 08:47:28 PM,
IANS
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Tokyo: Japan Sunday
for first time commemorated the day the country ended the US
occupation and recovered its sovereignty in 1952 after its defeat
in the World War II.
A ceremony was held in which the Japanese imperial couple, Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe as well as about 390 lawmakers, prefectural
governors and government officials took part, Xinhua reported.
On April 28, 1952, Japan recovered its sovereignty, except Okinawa
prefecture, as the San Francisco Peace Treaty put an end to a
seven-year occupation of the country by US-led forces.
Okinawa, Japan's southernmost island prefecture that was returned
by the US in 1972, considers April 28 as a "day of insult" and
opposed the central government's sovereignty recovery ceremony.
The prefecture's governor, Hirokazu Nakaima, skipped the ceremony
and local assembly members staged protests in Ginowan city on the
island.
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