page_title: List of active separatist movements in Asia
section_title: Japan
hierarchical_section_title: List of active separatist movements in Asia / Japan
caption_attribution_description: English: Ryukyu Kingdoms as in the Sanzan period
context_page_description: This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Asia. Separatism includes autonomism and secessionism. What is and is not considered an autonomist or secessionist movement is sometimes contentious. Entries on this list must meet three criteria:
  They are active movements with current, active members.
  They are seeking greater autonomy or self-determination for a geographic region.
  They are the citizens/people of the conflicted area and doesn't come from other countries.
  Under each region listed is one or more of the following:
  De facto state: for regions with a de facto polity
  Proposed state: proposed name for a seceding or anticipated sovereign state
  Proposed autonomous area: for movements toward greater autonomy for an area but not outright secession
  De facto autonomous government: for governments with de facto autonomous control over a region
  Government-in-exile: for a government based outside of the region in question, with or without control
  Political party: for political parties involved in a political system to push for autonomy or secession
  Militant organisation: for armed organisations or insurgencies
context_section_description: Hokkaido
  Ethnic group: Ainu
  Proposed state: Republic of Ainu
  Advocacy group: Ainu Liberation Alliance
  Political parties: Ainu Party (アイヌ民族党, Ainu minzoku tō)
  Political group: Ainu independence movement
   Okinawa
  Ethnic group: Ryukyuan
  Proposed state: Republic of Ryukyu
  Political parties: Kariyushi Club (Formerly, Ryukyu Independence Party, 琉球独立党, Ryūkyū Dokuritsutō)
  Political groups: Ryukyu independence movement
  Note: The supporters of the movement want the Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, former part of the defunct Ryukyu Kingdom until 1609, to be part of independent Ryukyu. See also Invasion of Ryukyu.
caption: Political map of Okinawa before unification.
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