MOURNING DAY FOR VICTIM OF WORLD WAR II - Okinawa Prefecture
June 23rd is a day where a lot of people were killed during World War II in Okinawa prefecture.
Namely, a day of morning.
People gather at HEYWA KINEN KOHEN every year, including the prime minster himself.
military base
There are many American military bases in Okinawa Prefecture. Local residents are demanding to remove them because of their crimes and some pollution problems.
Chinese insist
China insists that Okinawa prefecture belongs to her.
She says that OKINAWA is one country, Ryukyu before EDO era, so it doesn't belong to Japan at all.
But China has not governed OKINAWA any time. So if okinawa doesn't belong to Japan, it doesn't belong to China either.
Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum
http://www.peace-museum.pref.okinawa.jp/english/index.html
http://www.peace-museum.pref.okinawa.jp/