Kakumitsuyaku kara Okinawa mondai e: Ogasawara henkan no seijishi (From the Secret Agreement on Nuclear Weapons to the Okinawa Problem: The Political History of the Bonin Islands Reversion)

A secret agreement allowing the United States to store nuclear weapons on the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands persisted even after Japan regained control of the archipelago in 1968, challenging the narrative that its reversion was purely an act of U.S. generosity. This diplomatic study reveals mutual benefits for both nations during negotiations, contrasting with previous research that primarily focused on Okinawa's reversion. By analyzing the Ogasawara case, the author identifies continuity between the two revertion processes and critiques the oversimplification of Japan-U.S. postwar relations, emphasizing the need to consider strategic interests beyond goodwill.

KOMATSU, H. (2019). Kakumitsuyaku kara Okinawa mondai e: Ogasawara henkan no seijishi (From the Secret Agreement on Nuclear Weapons to the Okinawa Problem: The Political History of the Bonin Islands Reversion). Social Science Japan Journal, 23(1), 98–101. https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyz033