Word: returned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...remained an American-occupied area even after Japan regained its sovereignty. Last week victor and vanquished moved to restore the island to its old owner. After two days of talks in Washington, President Nixon and Premier Eisaku Sato agreed to a timetable for the long-promised return to Japanese control of the Ryukyu chain, of which Okinawa is the largest island...
...return for the handover of Okinawa, Sato made important concessions. He pledged to pick up a larger share of the Asian defense burden. To keep this pledge, he will double the country's military budget after 1972. He also agreed to increase Japan's economic aid to other Asian nations. On the trade front, he committed Japan to use multilateral Geneva talks to solve the problems created by Japan's rapidly expanding textile industry, which has been flooding the U.S. with its inexpensively produced synthetic fibers...
...months ago, the board's majority recommended a return to parliamentary democracy and a "four-legged" economic system that would include a private sector, cooperatives and joint private-public ventures, as well as state-run enterprises. It also recommended more autonomy for Burma's hill tribes and other minorities, which constitute 25% of the population...
...managed to go into exile early this year. After feigning illness and fainting spells, he convinced the government that he needed medical attention abroad. Once out of Burma, he set off on a world tour denouncing the Ne Win regime, then retired to Bangkok to contemplate a return to power. But Ne Win's position with the army appears secure. If he chooses to take Burma farther left, no matter how disastrous the course, he seems strong enough...
...Washington, a Moratorium leader Stephen Cohen, accused Weatherman leaders of trying to "shake down" his committee by demanding $20,000 in return for pledging nonviolence during the peace demonstrations. "We politely told them to get lost," said Cohen. The Weathermen say that they asked for help in paying the massive legal fees that have piled up in Chicago, where more than 200 of their members are coming to trial for rioting last month. But they deny that it was a shakedown, claiming that Moratorium leaders issued the story to discredit them. When the violence did come in Washington, the Weathermen...