Residents of Okinawa, a small prefecture hosting 70% of U.S. military facilities within Japan, have considerably unfavorable attitudes toward the U.S. military presence in their prefecture. #WorldBEYONDWar
As the island prepares to mark 50 years since Okinawa was returned to Japanese sovereignty, Jinshiro Motoyama is in no mood to celebrate.
On 23 December last year, the Japanese Government announced in the event of a “Taiwan Contingency” the US military would set up a string of attack bases in the “southwest islands” of Japan with the help of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.
“Even at a base level, there’s a refusal of democracy to Okinawans here organizing.” #WorldBEYONDWar
Two hundred residents of Aichi Prefecture, where I live, have just scored a significant victory for peace and justice.
A petition to President Joe Biden was read aloud in English and Japanese at the White House and at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, August 21, 2021, by David Swanson and Hideko Otake.
On June 23, there was an Okinawa Memorial Day online Zoom event. Here you can watch all the collected videos with English/Japanese subtitles entirely on the YOUTUBE channel, “Stand With Okinawa NY” one by one.
By Tomomi Tomita, Japan Times, March 18, 2021 Naha – In a booklet by an Okinawan women’s civic group documenting sex crimes by U.S. soldiers
