NaMaya Evans
Okinawa - Vanosvika zana nemakumi mashanu varatidziri vekuJapan vakaungana kuti vamise marori ekuvaka kuti apinde muUS base 'Camp Schwab', mushure mekunge Ministry of Land yatonga danho reMagavhuna eko rekubvisa mvumo yezvirongwa zvekuvaka, vachishoropodza "mainland-centric". ” Hurumende yeJapan yekukanganisa zvakatipoteredza, hutano uye kuchengetedza zvido zvevaIsland.
Mapurisa anodzivirira mvongamupopoto akabuda mumabhazi naXNUMX mangwanani, kunze kwevaratidziri vana kubva kune mumwe, vanhu vemumigwagwa vakasimudzwa mukati meawa isingasviki kuti vagadzirise motokari.
Vese mameya nevamiriri vehurumende veOkinawa vakaramba kuvakwa kwenzvimbo itsva yemahombekombe, iyo ichaita maeka zana nemakumi matanhatu eOura Bay, yechirongwa chekuvaka mahekita mazana maviri neshanu icho chichava chikamu chenzira yemauto.
Marine biologist inotsanangura Oura Bay senzvimbo yakakosha yekugara kwe 'dugong' (rudzi rwemanatee), iyo inodya munzvimbo iyi, pamwe nekamba dzemugungwa nenharaunda dzakakura dzekorari.
Iyo bay inonyanya kukosha kune yakanyanyisa hupfumi ecosystem iyo yakagadziridzwa nekuda kwenzizi nhanhatu dziri mukati menyika dzichipinda mubay, zvichiita kuti mvura yegungwa yakadzika, uye yakanaka kubva kumhando dzakasiyana dzeporites coral uye zvisikwa zvinotsamira.
'Camp Schwab' ingori imwe yemabhesi makumi matatu nembiri eUS anotora 32% yeChitsuwa, vachishandisa nzvimbo dzakasiyana siyana dzekudzidzira zvechiuto kubva pakudzidziswa musango kuenda kuOsprey helicopter training exercise. Kune paavhareji 17 Osprey inosimuka uye kumhara zuva rega rega, mazhinji ari padyo nedzimba uye dzakavakwa nzvimbo dzekugara, zvichikonzera kukanganisa kuhupenyu hwezuva nezuva nekunyanyisa ruzha mwero, kupisa uye kunhuhwirira kwedhiziri kubva kumainjini.
Mazuva maviri apfuura pane vakasungwa vatanhatu kunze kwenzvimbo, pamwe ne'Kayactivists' mugungwa vachiedza kukanganisa kuvaka. Mutsara unotyisa wemabhuya matsvuku akasungirirwa anotaridza nzvimbo yakapihwa kuti ivakwe, ichimhanya kubva panyika ichienda kuboka rematombo ekumahombekombe, Nagashima neHirashima, inotsanangurwa nen'anga dzeko senzvimbo iyo shato (kunobva huchenjeri) kwakabva.
Varatidziri vanewo zvikepe zvakati wandei zvinoenda kumvura yakatenderedza nzvimbo yakakomberedzwa; mhinduro yevarindi vemahombekombe ndeyekushandisa zano rekuyedza kukwira zvikepe izvi mushure mekuzvirovera kure.
Manzwiro akawandisa evanhu veko ndeokuti Hurumende iri panyika inozvipira kupa zvishuwo zveOkinawans kuitira kuti vatevedze matanho ekudzivirira echiuto kurwisa China. Yakasungwa neChitsauko 9, Japan yanga isati yave nemauto kubva pahondo yenyika yechipiri, kunyangwe mafambiro eHurumende achikurudzira chishuwo chekurasa Chinyorwa ichi uye kutanga 'hukama hwakakosha' neUS, iyo yave kutochengetedza nzvimbo iyi nepamusoro. 200 mabhesi, uye nekudaro kusimbisa iyo Asia pivot nekutonga pamusoro pepasi negungwa nzira dzekutengesa, kunyanya idzo nzira dzinoshandiswa neChina.
Zvichakadaro, Japan iri kutsika 75% yebhiri rekugara US, nemusoja wega wega achidhura Hurumende yeJapan mamirioni mazana maviri emadhora pagore, iyo $200 bhiriyoni pagore kune 4.4 US mauto parizvino muJapan, aine inenge hafu (53,082) yakavakirwa Okinawa. Nheyo itsva paHenoko inotarisirwawo kubhadharira Hurumende yeJapan mari yakarongeka nemutengo wezvino uno unofungidzirwa kuva 26,460 trillion yen.
Okinawa akatambura kurasikirwa kukuru munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, nechikamu chechina chevanhu vakaurayiwa mukati memwedzi mitatu-yakareba 'Hondo yeOkinawa' iyo yakatora 3 hupenyu hwose. Zvikomo zvinonzi zvachinja chimiro nekuda kwekubhomba kwepfuti.
Mumiriri wenzvimbo iyi Hiroshi Ashitomi anga achiratidzira kuCamp Schwab kubvira pakaziviswa nezvekuwedzera makore gumi nerimwe apfuura, akati: "Tinoda chitsuwa cherunyararo uye kugona kuzvisarudzira isu, kana izvi zvikasaitika, pamwe tingada. tanga kutaura nezvekuzvimirira."
Maya Evans anoronga Voices for Creative Nonviolence UK. (vcnv.org.uk).
