Question:
Yes, I realize Okinawa is a prefecture of Japan, but the people who are native there seem to hate the Japanese of the bigger Japan. Why?
If they do not consider themselves Japanese, what are they? Who exactly are the Okinawans? Are they mixed Asians? Do they believe in an independent country Okinawa?
Answer:
I've never heard that Okinawans hate mainland Japanese. And vice versa.
The Japanese army maltreated the native Okinawans horrifically during WW2, for example American troops came across a girl who had refused to withdraw with the Japanese troops and had had her foot cut off.
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