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#REDIRECT [[Shinzo Abe#Restoration of Sovereignty Day]] |
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The {{nihongo|'''Restoration of Sovereignty Day'''|主権回復の日|Shuken kaifuku no hi}} is a new public commemorative event on 28 April, proposed by Japanese Prime Minister [[Shinzō Abe]] in 2012 and first formally celebrated in 2013. It marks the end of the American [[occupation of Japan]] on 28 April 1952. It has been described as "part of Mr Abe's nationalist campaign" by the [[BBC]].<ref name="bbc">{{Cite web|title=Japan marks 'return of sovereignty' day|date=28 April 2013|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22330635|publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=28 April 2013}}</ref> |
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==The 2013 event== |
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The event was held at Kensei Kinenkan Hall in [[Chiyoda ward]], [[Tokyo]]. It was attended by [[Emperor Akihito]], [[Empress Michiko]] and around three hundred guests. |
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There were large public demonstrations by [[Okinawa]]ns who regarded it as a "day of disgrace" on which they were "sold off to the U.S. military"{{fact|date=April 2016}} for twenty years. The Governor of Okinawa, [[Hirokazu Nakaima]], did not attend, but sent his deputy, Kurayoshi Takara.<ref name="jt">{{Cite web|title=Sovereignty celebration hit by protests|date=28 April 2013|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/28/national/sovereignty-celebration-hit-by-protests/#.UX3lPL3h60w|publisher=[[The Japan Times]]|accessdate=28 April 2013}}</ref> |
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==The 2014 event== |
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==The 2015 event== |
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==The 2016 event== |
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==The 2017 event== |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Anniversaries]] |
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[[Category:Sovereignty]] |
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[[Category:Postwar Japan]] |
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[[Category:Public holidays in Japan]] |
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