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- The Amami reversion movement (奄美復帰運動, Amami fukki undō) was a sociopolitical movement that called for the return of the Amami Islands (and the smaller Tokara Islands to the north) from the U.S. military occupation to Japanese administration. It was mainly led by two groups, (1) the Fukkyō, or (Council for the Reversion of Amami to Japan) in the Amami Islands, and (2) the Tokyo-based Amami Rengō, or (All Japan Federation of Amami Islanders Associations). The reversion movement started in response to the so-called 2/2 Proclamation on February 2, 1946, in which the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) showed its intention to remove the Amami Islands from Japanese control and to annex them to what it called the Ryukyus. The movement reached its first peak before the conclusion of the Treaty of San Francisco on September 8, 1951, demonstrating that 99.8% of the islanders wanted an immediate return to Japan. The peace treaty, however, trampled on the islanders' desire as Article 3 of the treaty had the Amami Islands (together with the Ryūkyū Shotō) separated from Japan and potentially to be placed under trusteeship. The reversion movement stayed active although the treaty triggered a heated debate on whether to call for the abrogation of Article 3 or to call for a reversion within the framework of Article 3. Nevertheless, American historian shows that the reversion movement had a significant impact not only on the Japanese government but also on the decision making process of the U.S. government. On December 25, 1953, the Amami Islands were finally returned to Japan. (en)
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- Iekuni Murayama, President of the Nankai Nichinichi Shimbun (en)
- Douglas G. Haring (en)
- Major General Toshisada Takada (en)
- Lieutenant Colonel Henry B. Joseph, Military Governor of the Northern Ryukyu Islands (en)
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- Location of the Amami Islands (en)
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- A military government is far from being a democracy. It is a sort of dictatorial politics. (en)
- the people of the State of Maine might feel were they suddenly cut off from the United States and incorporated into French Canada. (en)
- If the Ryukyus hide their desire to return to Japan for fear of upsetting America, the future generations of both countries will find themselves in a tragedy from which they cannot be rescued. (en)
- I long for your lending us your powerful influence over Amami Gunto problem not to make these islands "the second Alsace-Lorraine." (en)
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- The Amami reversion movement (奄美復帰運動, Amami fukki undō) was a sociopolitical movement that called for the return of the Amami Islands (and the smaller Tokara Islands to the north) from the U.S. military occupation to Japanese administration. It was mainly led by two groups, (1) the Fukkyō, or (Council for the Reversion of Amami to Japan) in the Amami Islands, and (2) the Tokyo-based Amami Rengō, or (All Japan Federation of Amami Islanders Associations). (en)
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- Amami reversion movement (en)
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