What percentage of people in Ryukyu now support independence?

Because Ryukyu people once established their own independent kingdom Ryukyu Kingdom in history, some Ryukyu people refused to recognize Japan's rule over Ryukyu and demanded that Ryukyu Islands be independent from Japan, but they generally lacked support in opinion polls and elections. In addition, the Japanese government has been providing financial subsidies to Okinawa Prefecture, which has made great contributions to the local economic development.

In p>25, Lin Quanzhong, an associate professor at Ryukyu University, conducted a telephone survey of Okinawa people (Ryukyu people) over the age of 18 (note: the respondents were Okinawa people, not Ryukyu people). He collected 129 valid answers, of which 4.6% thought they were Okinawa people (Ryukyu people), 21% thought they were Japanese, and 36. 24.9% people expressed support for Okinawa independence, and 58.7% people expressed opposition to Okinawa independence.

in p>27, the same series of surveys interviewed more than 1, local people, 41.6% of whom considered themselves Okinawa, 25.5% Japanese and 29.7% both Okinawa and Japanese. 2.6% people think that Okinawa should be independent, and 64.7% people think that it should not be independent.

However, it is worth mentioning that some Okinawa people think that they are different from Japanese natives, and Okinawa people refer to Japanese natives as "Yamato people" or "mainlanders". Okinawa is also one of the areas where there is no discrimination against tribesmen in Japan at present.