Hall of Nations (tentative) served as the venue for the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit.
Hall of Nations (tentative) served as the
venue for the Kyushu-Okinawa Summit.
| 1904 | Land Allocation System abolished, Private Land Ownership established |
| 1909 | First Prefectural Assembly election |
| 1912 | First election of members to the House of Representatives |
| 1926 | Kazuro Hirozu's "The Wandering Ryukyuans" causes uproar |
| 1940 | Disputes over Okinawan dialects |
| 1945 | US Forces land. Japanese Army's systematically
fought battle for Okinawa ends on 23 June |
| 1946 | MacArthur declares administrative separation of Nansei (SW) Islands from Japan proper |
| 1951 | Okinawa and Amami placed under US military administration by the SanFrancisco Treaty |
| 1952 | Government of the Ryukyu Islands commences |
| 1969 | Japan-U.S. bilateral statement announces Reversion of Okinawa to Japan |
| 1970 | Koza riots |
| 1972 | Reversion to Japan (15 May) |
| 1973 | The National Athletic Meet (Youth Summer Meet) held in commemoration of Okinawa's Reversion to Japan |
| 1975 | Internaitonal Ocean Exposition held (20 July - 18 January 1976) |
| 1978 | Traffic lanes changed (30 July) |
| 1987 | The 42nd National Athletic Meet (kaiho Meet) held |
| 1993 | The 44th Naitonal Tree-Planting Ceremony (25 April) |
| 1995 | Construction of the Cornerstone of Peace |
| 2000 | Kyushu-Okinawa Summit |
Photo from Okinawa Prefectural Government