Okinawan people had appealed "Return Okinawa without include nuclear weapons". When Okinawa was reversed, Japanese Government argued that this reversion was without nuclear weapons. In this page, we'll see "without nuclear weapons" argument.

1. Meaning of "without nuclear weapon"

"Reversion without nuclear weapons" was advocated by the Japanese Government to reply Okinawa Prefecture's appeal, "Make Okinawa without nuclear" this was based on "Okinawa Prefecture's Peace and Antinuclear Weapons Declaration", in 1995. Nuclear weapons have an special meaning for Japan, the only country that has been attacked by nuclear weapons in the world.

2. The Japanese Government's argument and real result

A. The Japanese Government's argument

The Japanese Government insisted that reversion without include nuclear weapons was realized based on the following. This is a part of the announcement by Japanese Prime Minister Sato and the United States President Nixon, in 1969.

Prime Minister explained in detail that Japanese's special emotions and Japanese Government's policy to be based on this. Then President showed deep understanding, and promised positively to revise Okinawa not to contradict this Japanese policy and not to injure U.S. Government's standing to be based on advance consultation of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty.

Please note the underlined part. Why was this unnecessary part(in the context) added? At that time, Mr. Johnson, the Secretary of State said it was interpreted as "the U.S. Government has the right of consulting with the Japanese Government about to bring nuclear weapons when the U.S. Government thinks it's necessary.

B. The hidden minutes

Recently, Mr. Kei Wakabayashi who was active as Sato Prime Minister Sato's secret messenger presented a book named "Tasaku Nakarishiwo Shinzemuto Hossu" "I wanted to believe there was no other plan". In this book, he wrote he consulted with Mr. kissinger, then Presidential aide, and took the confidential minutes on bringing nuclear weapons, and then both heads signed the agreement in the small room next to the Oval Office under the pretext of seeing jewely.

3. Was "Without nuclear weapons" carried out?

With the information above, we cannot conclude that Okinawa was reverted without nuclear weapons. However it seems that the Japanese government did not tell the whole story to Okinawa when the government officially announced the reversion without nuclear weapons