United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands

United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands 琉球列島米国民政府 Ryūkyū-rettō Beikoku Minseifu
1950–1972
Top: Official flag (1960–1972) Bottom: Unofficial flag (from 1954) Coat of arms
Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner
Territory controlled by USCAR 1955–1972.
Status	Military occupation
Capital and largest city	Naha
Common languages	Japanese English[1] Ryukyuan
Demonym(s)	Okinawan Japanese American
U.S. President
• 1950–1953 (first)	Harry S. Truman
• 1969–1972 (last)	Richard Nixon
Governor
• 1950–1951 (first)	Douglas MacArthur
• 1955–1957 (last)	Lyman Lemnitzer
High Commissioner
• 1957–1958 (first)	James Edward Moore
• 1968–1972 (last)	James Benjamin Lampert
Historical era	Cold War
• Military Administration	22 June 1945
• Civil Administration	15 December 1950
• Returned to Japan	15 May 1972
Currency	B yen (July 1948 – Sep 1958) U.S. dollar (1958–1972)
Preceded by Succeeded by USMGR Japan Okinawa Prefecture

History of Ryukyu
Periods Prehistoric pre–14,000 BC Early Shell Mound 14,000–300 BC Middle Shell Mound 300 BC–750 AD Late Shell Mound 750–1187 Gusuku period 1187–1314 Tenson dynasty 16616 BC?– 1186 AD? Shunten dynasty 1187?– 1259? Eiso dynasty 1260?– 1349 Sanzan 1314–1429 Hokuzan 1314?–1416 Chūzan 1314?–1429 Nanzan 1314?–1429 Ryukyu Kingdom 1429–1879 First Shō dynasty 1429–1469 Second Shō dynasty 1469–1879 Satsuma Invasion 1609 Ryukyu Domain 1872–1879 Japanese Annexation 1879 Meiji 1879–1912 Taishō 1912–1926 Pre-World War II 1926–1945 Militarism Battle of Okinawa 1945 U. S. administration 1945–1972 Military Government 1945–1950 Civil Administration 1950–1972 Government 1952–1972 Tokara Reversion 1952 Amami Reversion 1953 Koza riot 1970 Okinawa Reversion Agreement 1971 Okinawa Reversion 1972 Okinawa Prefecture 1972–present Kagoshima Prefecture 1953–present
Topics Missions to Imperial China Missions from Imperial China Missions to Joseon Missions from Joseon Missions to Edo Independence movement
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The United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands abbr. USCAR (琉球列島米国民政府, Japanese: Ryūkyū-rettō Beikoku Minseifu, Okinawan: Rūcū ʔAmirika Minhyōjōju) was the civil administration government in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (centered on Okinawa Island), replacing the United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (itself created at the conclusion of World War II) in 1950, and functioned until the islands were returned to Japan in 1972.^[2] It oversaw the native Ryukyuan Government, and could overrule all the decisions made by the native government.