On February 24, 1972, Okinawa International University obtained the approval of the then current government of the Ryukyu Islands and was officially established on the following day, February 25, 1972. On April 23rd of the same year, we proclaimed the opening of our doors to the local community. Subsequently, with the reversion of Okinawa to Japan on May 15, 1972, Okinawa International University became a university as stipulated in the School Education Law, according to the provisions of Article 94, Paragraph 1 of the Okinawa Reversion Special Measures Law (enacted as Law No. 129 on December 31, 1971) and Article 1, Paragraph 2 of the Ordinance Concerning the Application of the Okinawa Reversion Special Measures Law to Ministry of Education Related Matters (enacted as Ordinance No. 106 on April 28, 1972).