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#REDIRECT [[Shinzo Abe#Restoration of Sovereignty Day]]
The {{nihongo|'''Restoration of Sovereignty Day'''|Shuken kaifuku no hi|主権回復の日}} 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."<ref name="bbc">{{Cite web|title=Japan marks 'return of sovereignty' day|date=28 April 2013|url=http://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" 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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[[Category:Anniversaries]]
[[Category:Sovereignty]]
[[Category:Postwar Japan]]

[[ja:主権回復の日]]

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