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沖縄復帰25周年 << 1997年(平成9年) 11月21日 >> 2-5-209

25th Anniversary of the Reversion of Okinawa to Japan Issued on November 21, 1997 (Heisei 9)

25th Anniversary of the Reversion of Okinawa to Japan Issued on November 21, 1997 (Heisei 9)
On May 15, 1972 (Showa 47), the administration of Okinawa was returned from the United States to Japan. The official name of the agreement signed between Japan and the United States of America is "Agreement between Japan and the United States of America on the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands." The Japanese legal term is "return of Okinawa". The stamp was issued in November 1997 to commemo- rate the 25th anniversary of Okinawa's return, and is designed with the "Ryukyu dance" Yotsutake "".