May 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan. The author, who has continued to cover Okinawa since his days as a reporter for Kyodo News, has, since leaving the company in July 2019, delved into declassified U.S. and Japanese secret documents released in recent years. In doing so, he has encountered numerous testimonies and facts that significantly diverge from common knowledge and prevailing theories about the reversion negotiations. He realizes that these negotiations are the very origin of the current state of our country, its politics, and Japan-U.S. relations. This book re-examines the history of the reversion negotiations, incorporating the opinions of researchers. Were the negotiations at the time truly balanced for Japan? Through a "balance sheet of fifty years," the book re-examines the state of our nation. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Background of the Reversion Chapter 2: Course of the Negotiations Chapter 3: Behind the Scenes of the Agreement Chapter 4: Reality of the Secret Agreements Chapter 5: Half-Century Review Author Introduction Hitoshi Kawahara (かわはらひとし) Born in Tokyo. Journalist. Joined Kyodo News in 1982. After serving as a correspondent in the New York bureau, head of the economics department, head of the news center, and editor-in-chief, he retired in 2019. From 2017 to 2019, he taught journalism at the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, and also served as a part-time lecturer at Meiji University, Waseda University, and Nagoya University. He is currently the Secretary-General of the Japan Press Research Institute. His books include "Words Surrounding Okinawa" (Mainichi Shimbun Publishing) and co-authored "Collapse of the 'Seibu Kingdom'" (Toyo Keizai Inc.). Author: Hitoshi Kawahara Publisher: Kobunsha Price: ¥990 Read once with the dust jacket. There is a slight ?spread?.