
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands
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Description
The United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands abbr. USCAR was the civil administration government in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, replacing the United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands in 1950, and functioned until the islands were returned to Japan in 1972. It oversaw the native Ryukyuan Government. It could overrule all the decisions made by the native government.