Daga Justin McCurry, The Guardian, Mayu 14, 2022
A farkon makon nan, Jinshiro Motoyama ya sanya tuta a wajen ofishin firaministan Japan, ya zauna kan wata kujera mai nadawa, ya daina cin abinci. Wannan al'amari ne mai ban mamaki, amma mai fafutuka mai shekaru 30 ya yi imanin cewa ana bukatar tsauraran matakai don kawo karshen dogon lokaci. Kasancewar sojojin Amurka a mahaifarsa, Okinawa.
Okinawa yana da nisan mil 1,000 kudu da Tokyo a cikin Tekun Gabashin China, Okinawa wani yanki ne a cikin tekun wanda ya ƙunshi kashi 0.6% na jimlar ƙasar Japan amma tana da kusan kashi 70% na sansanonin sojan Amurka. Japan da fiye da rabin dakarunta 47,000.
Kamar yadda tsibirin, wurin daya daga cikin fadace-fadace masu zubar da jini Yakin Pasifik, wanda ke shirin cika shekaru 50 a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata, tun bayan da aka mayar da shi mulkin mallaka na Japan daga mulkin Amurka bayan yakin, Motoyama ba shi da wani yanayi na yin bikin.
"Gwamnatin Japan na son a samu yanayi na biki, amma hakan ba zai yiwu ba idan aka yi la'akari da cewa har yanzu ba a warware halin da ake ciki a sansanonin Amurka ba," dalibin mai shekaru 30 da ya kammala karatun ya shaida wa manema labarai a ranar Juma'a, kwana na biyar na yunwar sa. yajin aiki.
Ya yarda cewa mutane miliyan 1.4 na Okinawa sun zama masu wadata - duk da cewa tarin tsibiran har yanzu shine mafi talauci a larduna 47 na Japan - a cikin rabin karnin da ya gabata, amma ya ce har yanzu ana daukar tsibirin kamar wani yanki na 'yan mulkin mallaka.
“Babban batu tun bayan komawarsa Japan, kuma tun karshen yakin duniya na biyu, shi ne kasancewar Sojan Amurka sansanonin, waɗanda aka gina ba daidai ba a Okinawa. ”
Muhawarar sawun sojojin Amurka ta mamaye makomarta Futenma, wani sansanin sojojin ruwa na Amurka da ke tsakiyar wani birni mai yawan jama'a, zuwa wani wurin da ke bakin teku a Henoko, ƙauyen masu kamun kifi a tsakiyar rabin arewacin babban tsibirin Okinawan.
Masu sukar sun ce sansanin na Henoko zai lalata muhallin ruwan yankin da kuma yin barazana ga lafiyar mazauna yankin kusan 2,000 da ke zaune kusa da wurin.
Adawa ga Sojan Amurka Kasancewar a Okinawa ya karu bayan sace wata yarinya 'yar shekara 1995 da kuma fyade a 12 da wasu jami'an Amurka uku suka yi. A shekara mai zuwa, Japan da Amurka sun amince su rage sawun Amurka ta hanyar kwashe ma'aikatan Futenma da kayan aikin soja zuwa Henoko. Amma yawancin mutanen Okinawan suna son a gina sabon tushe a wani wuri a Japan.
Gwamnan anti-base, Okinawa. Denny Tamaki, ya sha alwashin yakar matakin Henoko - matakin da sama da kashi 70% na masu kada kuri'a ke marawa baya a lardunan 2019 da ba ta da tushe. raba gardama cewa Motoyama ya taimaka wajen tsarawa.
A wata gajeriyar ganawar da ya yi da firaministan Japan Fumio Kishida a wannan mako, Tamaki ya bukace shi da ya warware takaddamar tushen Henoko ta hanyar tattaunawa. "Ina fata gwamnati za ta amince da ra'ayoyin Okinawan sosai," in ji Tamaki, dan wata mata 'yar kasar Japan kuma wani jirgin ruwa na Amurka wanda bai taba haduwa da shi ba.
Da yake mayar da martani, babban sakataren majalisar ministocin kasar Hirokazu Matsuno, ya ce gwamnati na da burin rage wa tsibirin tuwo a kwarya, amma ya dage cewa babu wata hanya da za ta gina wani sabon sansani a Henoko.
Motoyama, wanda ke neman a kawo karshen aikin ginin sansanoni cikin gaggawa da kuma rage yawan sojojin Amurka, ya zargi gwamnatin Japan da yin watsi da dimokiradiyyar al'ummar Okinawan.
"Sai dai ya ki amincewa da sakamakon zaben raba gardama," in ji shi. “Har yaushe mutanen Okinawa za su jure wannan yanayin? Sai dai idan ba a magance matsalar sansanin soja ba, koma baya da bala'in yakin duniya na biyu ba za su taba ƙarewa ga mutanen Okinawa da gaske ba."
A jajibirin ranar tunawa da kawo karshen mamayar da Amurka ta yi a Okinawa, ana ci gaba da adawa da kasancewar sojojin Amurka a cikin gida.
Wani bincike da jaridar Asahi Shimbun da kungiyoyin yada labarai na Okinawan suka gudanar ya nuna cewa kashi 61% na mutanen yankin na son rage yawan sansanonin Amurka a tsibirin, yayin da kashi 19% suka ce sun yi farin ciki da halin da ake ciki.
Magoya bayan ci gaba da rawar da "sansanin Okinawa" ke yi suna nuni ga hadarin tsaro da Koriya ta Arewa mai makami da makamin nukiliya ke haifarwa da kuma China mai karfin gaske, wacce sojojin ruwanta suka kara yawan ayyukanta a cikin ruwa kusa da Okinawa, tare da jiragen yaki suna tashi da sauka a kan jirgin. mai ɗaukar kaya Liaoning kowace rana sama da mako guda.
Tsoron da ake yi a Japan na cewa China za ta iya yin yunƙurin kwato Taiwan ko kuma ta tilastawa ƙasar da ake takaddama a kai Tsibirin Senkaku - wanda ke kasa da mil 124 (kilomita 200) - ya tashi tun lokacin da Rasha ta mamaye Ukraine.
'Yan majalisar wakilai daga jam'iyyar Liberal Democratic Party mai mulki a Japan sun yi kira ga kasar da ta samu makamai masu linzami da za su iya kai hari a yankunan abokan gaba - makaman da za a iya amfani da su a kan daya daga cikin ƙananan Okinawa "frontline” tsibiran.
Tashe-tashen hankula a yankin ya sa Okinawa ta zama makasudi, ba ginshiƙin hanawa ba, a cewar Masaaki Gabe, farfesa a jami'ar Ryukyus, wanda ke da shekaru 17 a lokacin da Amurka ta ƙare. "Okinawa zai kasance kan gaba wajen yaki ko rikici tsakanin Japan da China," in ji Gabe. "Bayan shekaru 50, rashin tsaro har yanzu yana ci gaba."
Motoyama ya amince. "Na yi imanin cewa akwai hadarin cewa Okinawa na iya sake zama wurin yaki," in ji shi yayin da yake magana kan mamayewar da sojojin Amurka suka yi a watan Afrilun 1945 inda fararen hula 94,000 - kusan kashi hudu na al'ummar Okinawa - suka mutu, tare da sojojin Japan 94,000. da sojojin Amurka 12,500.
An yi watsi da bukatar mazauna Okinawa na sauke nauyin da ke kansu ta hanyar kwashe wasu cibiyoyin sojojin Amurka zuwa wasu sassan Japan. Har ila yau, gwamnatin ta ki yin kwaskwarima ga yarjejeniyar dakaru tsakanin Japan da Amurka, wadda masu sukar suka ce tana ba da kariya ga ma'aikatan Amurka da ake zargi da aikata laifuka. manyan laifuka, ciki har da fyade.
Jeff Kingston, darektan nazarin Asiya a Jami'ar Temple Japan, ya ce yana shakkar yawancin 'yan Okinawan za su yi bikin shekaru 50 da suka gabata a karkashin ikon mallakar Japan.
"Ba su ji dadin komawa baya ba saboda sojojin Amurka sun ci gaba da zama a gindi," in ji shi. “Mutanen gida ba sa daukar tushe a matsayin garkuwa amma a matsayin hari. Kuma laifuka da matsalolin muhalli da ke da alaƙa da sansanonin na nufin Amurkawa suna ci gaba da maraba da su."
Motoyama, wanda bai tuntubi jami'an gwamnatin Japan ba, ya ce zai ci gaba da yajin cin abinci har zuwa ranar Lahadin da ta gabata, duk da sukar da ake yi a shafukan sada zumunta na cewa ba shi da ma'ana.
"Ina so mutane su yi tunanin dalilin da ya sa zan yi haka," in ji shi. "Duk da babbar murya mutanen Okinawan suna jin muryoyinsu, ko me za su yi, gwamnatin Japan ta yi watsi da su. Babu wani abu da ya canza a cikin shekaru 50."
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daya Response
Godiya ga WBW don raba wannan misali na juriya a Okinawa, tsohuwar Masarautar Liu Chiu (Ryūkyū) wacce Imperial Japan ta yi wa mulkin mallaka wanda ya kasance yankin mulkin soja kama da Masarautar Hawai. Koyaya, don Allah a daidaita shi: Kun gano wannan Uchinānchu (Okinawan) mai kariyar ƙasa/ruwa azaman Jafananci! Haka ne, yana iya zama ɗan ƙasar Japan - amma haka yake kamar yadda al'ummar Farko, Hawai, da sauransu za su iya lakafta "Ba'amurke," ba tare da son rai ba. Don Allah a girmama sunayen ƴan asalin ƙasar da gwagwarmaya ta hanyar rashin tantance su ta hannun mai mulkin mallaka. A wannan yanayin, Okinawans sun sha wahala daga ayyukan soja na Japan da Amurka, kuma a yanzu waɗannan ƙasashe biyu masu ƙaura suna cikin haɗin gwiwa tare da ci gaba da aikin soja, yanzu suna faɗaɗa tare da haɓaka sojojin "Kare Kai" na Japan a ko'ina cikin tsibiran don shirye-shiryen. yaki da kasar Sin da yakin basasa da Taiwan (yan Taiwan na zamani ba ’yan asalin tsibirin ba ne, amma ‘yan gudun hijirar siyasa ne).