Okinawans are right to remember their brutal history and the role the Japanese military played in forced mass suicide during the Battle of Okinawa. By the Second World War Okinawans were for the most part assimilated into Japanese society, Japan having colonised the island from 1879, but distrust arose amongst Japanese soldiers during the Battle of Okinawa, and Japanese soldiers demanded and forced Okinawans to prove their loyalty to the Emperor. The issue is so contested today as it remained largely out of the public eye until the 1980s, especially in regard to Japanese military violence, and despite ample documented evidence being made public a faction of conservative historical revisionists have coalesced around Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and this issue continues to be politically divisive. To forgo the misinterpretation of history this should be part of Okinawa’s school curriculum so that all Okinawans understand their history accurately.