Ua haʻi aku ʻo Iapana iā Okinawa he "ʻāpana kaua"
Ma ka lā 23 o Dekemaba i ka makahiki i hala, ua hoʻolaha ke aupuni o Iapana inā he "Taiwan Contingency" e hoʻokumu ka pūʻali koa US i kahi kaula o nā kahua hoʻouka kaua ma nā "mokupuni hema komohana" o Iapana me ke kōkua ʻana o nā Pūʻali Kūlohelohe Kepani.