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In the bloodiest war in the whole history of mankind, the Japanese empire took part on the side of Axis, the Nazi alliance, which was opposed by the anti-Hitler coalition. Naturally, Japan had to share all the military defeat. In 1945, after the surrender, the Land of the Rising Sun lost its sovereignty and was occupied by the troops of the United States and Great Britain.
A military contingent of more than 200 thousand people was deployed on the territory of Japan and an occupational government headed by American General Douglas MacArthur was formed. After the conclusion of the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1951, Japan regained its independence. However, the island of Okinawa, since the signing of the treaty, remained another 21 years under complete control of the United States. During the war, it was a strategically important base for the further possibility of an offensive on the Japanese islands.
On June 23, 1945, the island was captured by US forces during bloody battles, which resulted in the complete destruction of the island’s infrastructure and death, of 150 thousand civilians. From that time until May 15, 1972, Okinawa was under the complete administrative control of the United States.
Subsequently, the island was placed under the legal control of the Japanese government. In fact, about 30,000 troops of the US Army are still stationed in Okinawa, which is 75 percent of the total number of the United States military in Japan. The US military bases occupy about 10 percent of the entire territory of the island, and more than 50,000 American soldiers are stationed on the islands of Japan. The island regularly encounters emergency situations with US military equipment, which is why the population of Okinawa lives in constant danger.
It is worth noting that the content of this contingent is not the responsibility of the Pentagon, but of the Japanese government. In fact, it turns out that Japan pays for its own occupation.
Despite the fact that legally the island is a subject of Japan, the US soldiers who serve on the territory of Okinawa, behave not like educated guests. Over the past 50 years, the US military has committed more than 6,000 crimes against the local population. Among them, just under a thousand are especially grave, such as rape, murder and robbery.
It is no wonder why the inhabitants of the island constantly complain about their position in their native land. On June 19, 2016, 65,000 Japanese took to the streets of Naha after an American soldier raped and killed a 20-year-old girl.
Despite the growing discontent of Japanese citizens, the government does not respond to such incidents.
There is still a line in the country's budget - the maintenance of US military bases. In addition, the Pentagon continues to build new military facilities in the Land of the Rising Sun. Such actions of the Japanese government once again cast doubt on whether the sovereignty of the country was restored, or whether the occupation continues to this day.
If we turn to the agreement on mutual cooperation and security between the United States and Japan, it becomes clear that this illegal policy of the American authorities towards Japan is legally established in this very agreement, which clearly states that the US bases are located in Japan on indefinite term. That is, until the owner changes his mind. In this case, the owner is the White House.