Ethnic nationalism in Japan

[10] The Ainu Revolution Theory was a left-wing political concept in 1970s Japan, notably advanced by thinker Ota Ryu.

It posited that the Ainu people, perceived as living in a primitive communist system, could spearhead a proletarian revolution.

Okinawan nationalism started when the Empire of Japan opposed the destruction of Ryukyu Kingdom and incorporation into its territory.

Modern Okinawa nationalism often manifests itself through negative views of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma bases on the Ryukyu Islands.

Invading China through the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Empire of Japan established a puppet state called Manchukuo.

During the Taiwan under Japan rule, the "Taiwanese nationalism" (Japanese: 台湾民族主義, Chinese: 臺灣民族主義) was stimulated to some extent.

(Taiwanese identity is strengthened by the February 28 incident that took place under Kuomintang after the end of Japanese colonial rule.)

Mao Zedong was an early supporter of Taiwanese independence, telling Edgar Snow in the 1930s that the Chinese Communist Party would lend “our enthusiastic help in their struggle for independence.” He changed this position only after the Nationalists started claiming Taiwan with the Cairo Declaration.

However, political repression by Japanese authorities and internal conflicts between moderate and socialist factions led to its dissolution in 1931.