Please do not mixed up Okinawa with Japan.
Some people who hate Japanese sent me e-mails with full of curses on Japan. They did not know the Okinawan history. History shows that Okinawa was not a part of Japan. Okinawa , like as Korea or Taiwan, was an invaded nation by Japan.
I was married with a Okinawan woman and blessed to have a son. I moved to here Okinawa with family.
I love Okinawa. I understand that Okinawa is not a part of Japan.
Now it is not independent,though it is supposed to be so, based on the notion framework nowadays.
Population of Okinawa is over 1,200,000. This statistic figure seems enough to indicate that Okinawa can be an independent nation.
More than that, Okinawa has historical qualities to be a different nation from Japan.
About one century ago, Okinawa was an independent nation among the old great china world. The position in the order was just between Korea and Japan. Okinawa was situated upper to Japan.
Shuri Castle
This was the center of Ryukyu (Okinawa) Kingdom.
Now it is the symbol of the Independent Okinawa.