UCLA Asia Institute
Today in Asian History
February 1
1947 The Allied Occupation authorities under Douglas MacArthur and the Japanese government banned a general strike. The Confusion Era -- Art and Culture of Japan During the Allied Occupation is a Smithsonian Institution site focuses on posters from American-occupied Japan (1945-52). It includes background readings and a fascinating poster gallery, including "Don't Sell Salt Illegally."
1958 U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Douglas MacArthur II, began urging his State Department superiors to reassess America's continued occupation of Okinawa. Okinawa Under American Occupation, 1945-72 offers biographical essays, photos, political cartoons, a bibliography and more.
1962 The popularly elected legislature of Okinawa adopted a resolution accusing the United States of treating Okinawa as a colony in violation of the United Nation charter and resolutions. The resolution called on the United Nations to examine the American occupation of Okinawa.
1968 U.S. President Lyndon Johnson issued Executive Order 11395 permitting popular election of the chief executive of U.S. occupied Okinawa. On May 15, 1972, the United States yielded sovereignty over Okinawa back to Japan. Japanese control of the Ryuku Islands, of which Okinawa is a part, dated back to the 1870s.
1995 The Socialist Republic of Vietnam opened a diplomatic liaison office in Washington, D.C., nearly twenty years after the North Vietnamese forces conquered Washington's allies in the South. Vietnam and the U.S. established formal diplomatic relations in August 1995 and the liaison office became Vietnam's embassy in Washington.
The AI "Today in Asian History" page was compiled by Clayton Dube. He welcomes your comments and suggestions. Send them to <cdube@isop.ucla.edu>.
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