Visiting Okinawa Prefecture to attend the National Sports Festival of Japan as the proxy of the Emperor Showa who was sick in bed at that time, he read a message on behalf of the Emperor on October 24, 1987 at Okinawa Prefecture Peace Memorial Hall built at the southern battle site of Okinawa Prefecture as follows.
昭和62年（1987年）にも沖縄海邦国体を前に病臥した昭和天皇の名代として沖縄を訪れ、10月24日、南部戦跡の平和祈念堂で以下のように天皇の言葉を代読した。