Editing Secession (section)

===Japan===
{{Main|Ryukyu independence movement}}

The ethnic [[Ryukyuan people|Ryukyuan]] (a branch of modern Okinawan) people had their own state historically ([[Ryukyu Kingdom]]). Although some Okinawan people have sought independence from Japan since they were annexed by Japan in 1879, and especially after 1972 when the islands were transferred from U.S. rule to Japan, their activism and movement have been consistently supported by single digit<ref>{{cite news |title=Opinion Polls among Residents of the Okinawa Prefecture (Japanese) |url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASK4S45G6K4SUZPS003.html |access-date=22 January 2021 |agency=Asahi Shinbun |publisher=Asahi Shinbun Digital |date=12 May 2017}}</ref> of Okinawan people.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Molasky|first=Michael S.|title=The American Occupation of Japan and Okinawa: Literature and Memory|date=8 March 2001|publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-203-98168-9|oclc=1048580450}}</ref>