復帰前の「国境」で海上集会　沖縄・鹿児島の町村が再現―半世紀の節目に

　サンフランシスコ平和条約発効から７０年を迎えた２８日、沖縄と奄美群島が日本から切り離され、かつて「国境」だった北緯２７度線上で、沖縄県国頭村と鹿児島県与論町の代表団が「海上集会」を開き、当時の復帰運動を再現した。
　沖縄の本土復帰５０年を記念して行われた。２８日午前、両町村の住民と関係者で構成する代表団を乗せて出港した計約２０隻の船が、周辺海域に集結。互いに町村旗を振りつつ、当時海上で歌われたという歌「沖縄を返せ」を合唱し、万歳をした。
　また、「戦前から復帰までの歴史を後世に伝えつなぐ」「二度と悲惨な歴史を繰り返すことなく、平和の実現に向けて努力する」などと宣言した。（2022/04/28-19:17）

Representatives from the Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, and the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa gathered on Thursday, marking the 70th anniversary of the regions' separation from Japan after World War II.
   Under the San Francisco Peace Treaty signed between Japan and the Allied Powers in World War II, which came into force April 28, 1952, Japan regained independence from postwar occupation while the Amami Islands and Okinawa remained under U.S. military rule.
   On Thursday, the representatives from the Okinawa village of Kunigami and the Kagoshima town of Yoron gathered in the waters located at 27 degrees north latitude, the border that used to separate Okinawa and the rest of Japan, to re-create past activities to seek Okinawa's reversion to Japan.
   The event was held as this year marks the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's return to Japan in 1972.
   The day of the enforcement of the treaty is remembered by many people in the Amami Islands and Okinawa regions as "the day of humiliation" because their regions were separated from the rest of Japan.