(Observer Network) According to Japan Kyodo News on May 8, Kyodo News recently learned that a manuscript entitled "Okinawa Independence Aspiration" (tentative title) by the late Japanese MP Yasuke Uehara, a manuscript entitled "Okinawa Independence Aspirations" (tentative title) was recently exposed.
In this manuscript, Uehara Yasuke advocated the "Okinawa independence theory" and legally verified whether Okinawa could be independent from Japan. He also extensively investigated issues such as US military base issues and economic policies. In the manuscript, Uehara Yasuke expressed his opinion that "the most realistic thing among the independence that the Japanese government can accept is to choose one country, two systems."
Screenshot of the report of Kyodo News in Japan
Uehara emphasized that the theory of independence is not a complete denial of the relationship with Japan. It is analyzed that if independence is declared, it is likely to be charged with "civil strife", which is difficult to achieve under the current legal system. As a realistic option, "on the basis of one country, two systems, partial independence with economic independence and broad autonomy may be the first step."
Kyodo News said that this theory of independence of politicians related to the Japanese government may become a valuable source of information on the Okinawa issue.
Uehara Yasuke's manuscript image
It is reported that the manuscript was written from 1997 to 1998, and about 90% of it was completed. Kitsugu Okamura, the publisher who kept the manuscript, said: "The original plan was to be published as a single book, but Uehara contacted him that it could not be published, so he kept sleeping in my study."
was a period when the US military raped a girl in 1995, causing the people of Okinawa Prefecture to have a high mood against the US military base. At that time, the theory of independence was very active.
manuscript consists of 5 chapters, and the theme is (1) discussing the reasons for independence, (2) the possibility of independence, (3) small countries in the world that achieve independence, (4) Uehara's "Creating Okinawa" pilot plan, (5) base issues and economic independence.
Uehara asked a question on the relationship between Japan and Okinawa at the House of Representatives Budget Committee in February 1997. He asked, "If Okinawa is independent, what kind of legal measures are needed?"
According to Kyodo News, because the question caused a great response, Uehara planned to collect information on his own and study it repeatedly, and express his thoughts through publishing a book.
Uehara Yasuke (data photo), pictured from Asahi Shimbun
Public information shows that Uehara Yasuke is from Okinawa Prefecture. He was born on September 19, 1932 and died in 2017 at the age of 84. Uehara Yasuke was the first chairman of the largest trade union in Okinawa, the "Okinawa Army Labor Group (One Army Labor Group)" and promoted the transfer of the Okinawa Prefecture administrative power to Japan. From 1970, he was elected as a member of the Japanese Representative ten times and was committed to solving the Okinawa issue. In 1993, Uehara Yasuke served as the Director of the Department of Land and Resources and the Director of the Development Department of Hokkaido and Okinawa in the Hokawa Joint Cabinet. In 1995, he became chairman of the House Budget Committee.
He also served as Vice Chairman of the Japanese Socialist Party and Vice Chairman of the Social Democratic Party. In June 1998, he left the Social Democratic Party and joined the Democratic Party, but left politics after losing the election in the June 2000 parliamentary election.
