Danny Tamaki, the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan, spoke at the UN Human Rights Council and attacked Japan and the United States. His opening remarks were made in the Ryukyuan language, which was wiped out by the Japanese with great effort, which made the Japanese nervous.
Although the Japanese ** said lightly that he used the "Okinawan dialect", everyone understood that it was the Ryukyuan language that had been exterminated.
Although Danny Tamaki has deep ties with the West, why did he become an anti-American representative? This stems from his special relationship with the United States. His father, a U.S. soldier stationed in Japan, developed feelings for his mother and left him behind.
However, instead of taking responsibility, the father left them. Although his mother named him "Dennis" and hoped that he would one day go to the United States to reunite with his father, this wish never came true.
Therefore, although Danny Tamaki has a Western background, he has a deep antipathy to the United States because of the unrighteous actions of the Americans.
The military bases established by the U.S. military have become a focal point of conflict between the Ryukyus and the United States. Some people may question that the Ryukyus are only 3,611 square kilometers in size, and even if there are US military bases, how much impact can they have?
Indeed, the Ryukyus are not large, accounting for only 0 percent of Japan's total area6%。However, more than 70% of the US military bases in Japan are concentrated on this small island, which puts a heavy burden on the local people.
We can imagine how much pain and distress the people of the Ryukyus endured for the sake of the U.S. military base.
To be honest, Japan has ruled the Ryukyus for more than a hundred years and has continued to suppress Ryukyu culture, even relocating Japanese residents within the archipelago to confuse the local ethnic makeup.
In 1945, there was also an outbreak of the Great ** against the Ryukyuans, which led to a sharp decline in the population of the Ryukyus, and the voice of independence may have been relatively small. However, the U.S. occupation of the Ryukyus caused widespread discontent, and after gaining formal dominion over the Ryukyus through the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1952, large-scale land acquisitions were undertaken with the aim of turning the Ryukyus into a permanent U.S. military base in the Western Pacific.
The Americans openly stated that the purpose of their base in the Ryukyus was to "stop the expansion of communist forces" and planned to carry out military construction, making the construction of military bases the highest priority, and nothing could hinder the construction of the bases.
The U.S. military base in Okinawa occupies 20% of the island's area, or 245 square kilometers, and has brought environmental pollution, noise interference, and criminal behavior and discrimination by American GIs to the Ryukyus.
Because the Ryukyus were already underdeveloped, with a per capita income of only 70% of the national level, and one in four children living in poverty, the local people never stopped rebelling against the American base.
However, even in the 70s, when the United States promised to "return power", regrettably, the base was not evacuated.
Although even Tokyo has an American base, and Japan cannot resist, for the "inferior people" in the eyes of Japan, the Ryukyuan people, their ** is not valued by Japan**.
As a result of the actions of Japan and the United States, which violated the rights and interests of the Ryukyuan people, the national consciousness of the Ryukyus was revived under Japanese suppression. When asked about the sense of belonging of local Ryukyus residents, more than 70% chose "Okinawans" or "Okinawans in general," according to Japan**.
Danny Tamaki, who grew up in this environment, has an antipathy for the United States and nostalgia for the former Ryukyu Kingdom. Despite the fact that he has the face of an American, he still suffers from discrimination, and the presence of a US military base has seriously affected his life.
He made a special visit to Fujian, which had a deep relationship with the Ryukyu Kingdom, and visited the ruins of the Ryukyu National Cemetery in Zhangjiawan, Beijing, to pay respects to his ancestors.
Danny Tamaki has said that if elected, he will work on the economic development of Okinawa, create a safe and stable environment for the island's residents, and prevent the Ryukyus from becoming the focus of confrontation between China and the United States.
In the face of Japan's claim that "if there is something wrong with Taiwan, there is something wrong with Japan", Danny Tamaki resolutely opposed it and hoped to cooperate with other Asian countries and China to confront Japan ** and reduce the pressure on the Ryukyus.
However, peace cannot be achieved through ** alone. The people of the Ryukyus continue to demand that the U.S. bases be evacuated, even if the scale is reduced, but the United States ignores the demands of the Ryukyuan people, and Japan** rejects the demand of the Ryukyus people to expel the U.S. military bases, which is actually suppressing the Ryukyus people.
The way Japan treated the people of the Ryukyus made them feel that they were not considered Japanese. So the Ryukyuan people chose to seek the help of international powers, and China was the most likely power to help the Ryukyus become independent.
There are many benefits to our country to help Ryukyu independence, such as the historical relationship between Ryukyu and China, the threat of the Ryukyu base to our country, and the blow that independence will have on Japan.
In April this year, Japan's new ambassador to Japan, Wu Jianghao, met with Okinawa Prefecture Vice Governor Yoshiya Teruya, and the two sides announced that "Okinawa will no longer be used as a name, and Okinawa will be restored to its historical name, Ryukyu." ”
With the support of the great powers, Danny Tamaki openly blamed Japan on the international stage and made an opening statement in a way that would cause panic and anger in Japan: "Haisai, gusuuyoo." ”
The Ryukyuan people have always been regarded as a single nation by the Japanese, and their status as an independent nation has not been recognized. In order to prevent the transmission of the Ryukyuan language, Japan** even banned the teaching of the language in schools, causing it to be almost in danger of extinction.
However, Danny Tamaki, who was the governor of the Ryukyus, did not hesitate to challenge this act of the Japanese **. He openly criticized Japan** at a meeting of the Human Rights Council and opened his remarks in Ryukyuan.
Despite Japan's displeasure with this, our support for the Ryukyus is legitimate. According to the Potsdam Proclamation, the status of the Ryukyus was still undetermined and did not belong to Japan.
We support the Ryukyus in order to defend the post-World War II international order. Although the Ryukyus cannot become independent yet, as long as China reunifies Taiwan and expells American power from the Western Pacific, we will have a time to rebuild the order in East Asia.