Okinawan citizens’ convention marking the 50th anniversary of the reversion moves online, welcomes Okinawan author Yuuki Organic as joint representative
Okinawa prefectural assembly building
April 21, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Masatoshi Omine
The executive committee board of governors for the “50-year reversion anniversary Okinawa citizens convention for a prosperous Okinawa proud of peace and free of military bases,” and event planned in large part by the ruling party of Okinawa’s prefectural assembly, announced April 20 that they would be replacing the 100,000-person in-person event with an online “citizens convention,” with the original event having been cancelled due to a new wave of coronavirus cases throughout the archipelago.
The event is scheduled to take place from 1-3 p.m. on April 30, and will be broadcast over the internet.
The event will add to its current joint representation of Kamenosuke Taira, Genpei Ishikawa, and Jinshiro Motoyama, who will now be joined by the 4th Kadena Noise Pollution Lawsuit Plaintiff Group leader Shosei Arakawa, Okinawa Women’s Foundation board chairwoman Kiyoko Oshiro, and Okinawan-born author Yuuki Organic.
The event program was finalized at the board of governors’ meeting on April 24.
(English translation by T&CT and Sam Grieb)
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