Episode 304 - The American Outpost, Part 1

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

Japan, History, Japanese

4.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This week, we start off some coverage of the period of American rule over the Ryukyus, and the entwined histories of USCAR - the US Civil Administration for the Ryukyu Islands -- and the GRI, the Government of the Ryukyu Islands. How did this arrangement work? What were the issues between them? And why did so many Okinawans come to despise American rule?

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0:58.0	Hello and welcome to the History of Japan podcast, episode 304, The American Outpost, part one.
1:22.9	I want to take some time over these next two weeks to return to a place where, to be frank,
1:28.6	we have not spent as much time as we could have, or possibly even should have,
1:33.3	one that's pretty important to thinking about Japan today.
1:37.2	Let's talk about Okinawa, and in particular, the history of one of the most unusual periods
1:44.0	in that island's history.
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