2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Reversion of Okinawa and the Japan-U.S. Security Arrangements
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24683002
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
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| Allocation Type | Partial Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | Ryukoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 沖縄返還 / 日米安保体制 / 佐藤栄作政権 / 日本政治外交史 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research was undertaken in order to review the Okinawa reversion negotiations with based on newly available MOFA documents, private papers, oral histories, and interviews. I put my focus on the issue of the prior consultation system which was the crux of the Japan-US security arrangements. In the course of the negotiations with the US, the MOFA required the applying the terms of revised Japan-US Security Treaty to Okinawa without modification. However, the US side wanted full discretion to use the bases as needed to stage combat operations in South Korea, Taiwan, or Vietnam. Furthermore, the US demanded the right of re-entry of nuclear weapons in Okinawa in emergencies. The Japan-US Security Treaty required prior consultation with the Japanese government before conducting such operations. Therefore, the MOFA had to negotiate a steep path to applying the treaty to Okinawa. I described how PM Sato and the MOFA negotiated strenuously with the US government regarding these problems.
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| Free Research Field |
日本政治外交史
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