1. Refusal of notification and inspection by proxy

While the inhabitant voting was going on, the Japanese government demanded that governor notify and innspect by proxy, based on the amnesty law of the U.S. Military land. The governor refused this, so Primary Minister Hashimoto, took a legal action at once and on July 12nd, he filed a suit with the The Naha Branch of Fukuoka High Court for Okinawa Governor for refusing this.

2. Acceptance of notice and inspection in proxy and reasons

On September 10th, Primary Minister Hashimoto confered with the governor. The governor appreciated what they discussed in this conference, and he agreed to notice and inspect by proxy.
Althought this conference itself wasn't novel in the least, there were other reasons why this he decided to agree. The most important reason was that Hashimoto cabinet was goint to dissolve and there was going to be a general election. Okinawa Prefectural Government had done many things like revision of their efforts starting from the rape incident would be meaning less if the next cabinet had no understanding about the base issue.

3. Inhabitants' disappointment antibase movements have shifted

Since this acceptance, antibase movements have shifted from arranging and reducing bases to a different. For example, to Japanese govenment established Okinawa informal gathering for discussion that examined how to reduce municiparities' too heavy a burden by bases.
However, governor's refusal of noticification and inspection by proxy was the last resort for the inhabitants. They didn't expect the governor would agree since he expressed that we couldn't make Okinawa in peace unless bases problem were solved.
The governor's decision disappointed the inhabitants who had struggled with the governor. They were speechless. The inhabitants' movements have declined.
Unfortunately, this is the state of Okinawa how they lost a big support and this was the lastest setback of Okinawa inhabitants.