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 zachary harden
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![[Ryukyu High Commissioner flag]](../images/j/jp_ryhcom.gif) 
image by Jaume Ollé, 02 April 2014
On April 14th 1959 the High Commissioner Color of the Ryukyu Islands was 
adopted. The flag is blue field charged with yellow American eagle holding arrow 
and olive and the commissioner's name  in a light blue disc with yellow 
fringe. The flag was abolished on May 15th 1972 when Okinawa was returned to 
Japan.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 02 April 2014