Okinawa

On an old U.S. Air Force runway-turned-village road there is a 100-meter long cement and plaster wall exhibit depicting more than seven decades of Japan and U.S. military presence on Okinawa.

Okinawans gathered by the hundreds to welcome reversion Monday, and by the thousands to protest the inclusion of U.S. bases in the reversion agreement.

History was bittersweet at the Okinawa reversion ceremony here Monday morning at the Nihon Budokan. For the older members of the 10,000 Japanese in attendance the dignified affair recalled memories of a bloody battle 27 years ago.

There is confusion, some open resentment, frantic hoarding, a great deal of worry, and a sprinkling of "who cares" in this Ryukyuan capital as the moment when it will become a Japanese prefectural capital begins to be measured in hours and minutes.

There is confusion, some open resentment, frantic hoarding, a great deal of worry, and a sprinkling of "who cares" in this Ryukyuan capital as the moment when it will become a Japanese prefectural capital begins to he measured in hours and minutes.

Conferences with top Japanese leaders Saturday, capped by an evening reception by Japan's Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, comprised Vice President Spiro T. Agnew's second day here.