Empirical research on the network of Okinawan people in Japan after the Asia-Pacific War

在这个项目中，我收集了1945年至20世纪50年代中期日本冲绳人的主要文件，特别关注GHQ占领时期（1945年至1952年），以澄清他们的真实生活状况。基于这些发现已经发表了几篇论文。以下是两项重要成就。首先，本项目揭示了GHQ同样针对冲绳人的“非日本人”遣返过程与包括“冲绳人联盟”在内的冲绳组织的言行之间的关系。在过去的文献中，冲绳人的遣返问题很少受到关注。其次，本项目以新发现的资料为基础，实证地重建了自GHQ占领后期至1950年代中期在日本主导冲绳社会运动的冲绳学生（归类为“留学生”）的活动。

In this project, I have collected primary documents on Okinawan people in Japan from 1945 to mid 1950s, with focus especially on the GHQ occupation period(1945 to 1952) in order to clarify the reality of their living situation. Several papers have been published based on the findings.Two significant achievements are as below. Firstly, this project shed light on the correlation between the process of the "non Japanese" repatriation by GHQ, which had targeted Okinawan people as well, and the words and deeds of Okinawan organizations including the "League of Okinawans". The repatriation of Okinawan people had been paid little attention in the previous literature.Secondly, this project has empirically reconstructed, based on the newly-found materials, the activities of Okinawan students (categorized as "foreign students") who had led the social movements of Okinawan in Japan from late GHQ occupation period to mid 1950s.