NguMaya Evans
Okinawa- Bamalunga nekhulu elinamashumi amahlanu abaqhankqalazi baseJapan bahlanganisana ukumisa iilori zokwakha ukuba zingene kwisiseko sase-US 'Camp Schwab', emva kokuba iSebe lezoMhlaba lilawule isigqibo seeRhuluneli zasekhaya sokurhoxisa imvume yezicwangciso zokwakha, begxeka “ilizwe eliphakathi kwelizwe. ” Urhulumente waseJapan ngokubeka esichengeni indalo, impilo kunye nokhuseleko lwabemi beSiqithi.
Amapolisa oqhanqalazo aphuma ezibhasini ngentsimbi yesithandathu kusasa, ukodlula abaqhankqalazi abane ukuya komnye, kwaye abantu abahleli ezindleleni baye bahamba ngesithuba esingaphantsi kweyure ukuze bavule izithuthi zokwakha.
Bonke oosodolophu kunye nabameli bakarhulumente baseOkinawa bakuchasile ukwakhiwa kwesiseko esitsha sonxweme, esiza kulahla ikhulu elinamashumi amathandathu eehektare ze-Oura Bay, kwisicwangciso sokwakhiwa kweehektare ezingamakhulu amabini anesihlanu esiya kuba yinxalenye yomgaqo weenqwelomoya womkhosi.
Iingcali zebhayoloji yaselwandle zichaza i-Oura Bay njengendawo yokuhlala ebalulekileyo 'yedugong' esengozini (uhlobo lwe-manatee), etya kulo mmandla, kunye noofudo baselwandle kunye noluntu olukhulu olulodwa lwekorale.
Eli chweba likhethekileyo ngenxa yenkqubo yalo etyebileyo yendalo ethe yaphuhla ngenxa yemilambo emithandathu engaphakathi elizweni edibana ethekwini, isenza amaqondo olwandle abe nzulu, kwaye ifanelekile kwiindidi ezahlukeneyo zeeporites coral kunye nezidalwa ezixhomekeke kuyo.
'I-Camp Schwab' sesinye nje seziseko ezingama-32 zase-US ezithatha i-17% yeSiqithi, kusetyenziswa iindawo ezahlukeneyo zokuzilolonga emkhosini ukusuka kuqeqesho lwasehlathini ukuya kuqeqesho lwe-Osprey helicopter. Kukho i-avareji ye-50 ye-Osprey ithatha kunye nokuhla yonke imihla, ezininzi ezikufutshane nezindlu kunye neendawo zokuhlala ezakhiweyo, ezibangela ukuphazamiseka kubomi bemihla ngemihla kunye namazinga aphezulu engxolo, ukushisa kunye ne-diesel ivumba elivela kwiinjini.
Kwiintsuku ezimbini ezidlulileyo bekubanjwe abathandathu ngaphandle kwesiseko, kunye 'namaKayactivists' elwandle bezama ukuphazamisa ukwakhiwa. Umgca owoyikekayo wamabhoyi abomvu abotshelelweyo uphawula indawo ethunyelwe ukwakhiwa, ehamba ukusuka emhlabeni ukuya kwiqela lamatye angaphesheya, iNagashima kunye neHirashima, echazwa ziishaman zalapha njengendawo apho iidragons (umthombo wobulumko) zavela khona.
Abaqhankqalazi bakwanazo nenani lezikhephe ezinesantya eziya kumanzi ajikeleze indawo evalekileyo; impendulo yonogada baselunxwemeni kukusebenzisa iqhinga lokuzama ukukhwela ezi zikhephe emva kokuzikhukulisa endleleni.
Uvakalelo olugqithiseleyo lwabantu basekhaya kukuba uRhulumente kwilizwekazi uzimisele ukuncama iminqweno ye-Okinawans ukuze aqhubele phambili amanyathelo okukhusela umkhosi ngokumelene neChina. Ibotshelelwe liGatya lesi-9, iJapan ayizange ibe nomkhosi ukusukela kwimfazwe yesibini yehlabathi, nangona iintshukumo zikaRhulumente zicebisa umnqweno wokulahlwa kwenqaku kwaye uqalise 'kubudlelwane obukhethekileyo' kunye ne-US, esele iqinisekisa ulawulo lwalo mmandla ngokungaphezulu. Iziseko ezingama-200, kwaye ngaloo ndlela kuqiniswa i-Asia pivot ngokulawula iindlela zorhwebo zomhlaba nolwandle, ngakumbi ezo ndlela zisetyenziswa yi-China.
Ngeli xesha, iJapan inyusa i-75% yebhili yokuhlalisa i-US, ijoni ngalinye lixabisa urhulumente waseJapan i-yen yezigidi ezingama-200 ngonyaka, yi-4.4 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngonyaka kumajoni angama-53,082 ase-US aseJapan ngoku, malunga nesiqingatha (26,460) esekwe Okinawa. Isiseko esitsha e-Henoko sikwalindeleke ukuba sihlawule uRhulumente waseJapan imali ecocekileyo kunye nethegi yexabiso elikhoyo elibalwe ubuncinane i-5 yezigidigidi ze-yen.
I-Okinawa yafumana ilahleko enkulu ngexesha leMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini, kunye nekota yabemi babulawa phakathi kwe-3-inyanga ye-"Battle of Okinawa" eyathi i-200,000 iphila. Ii-Hilltops kuthiwa zitshintshile ukumila ngenxa yokuqhushumba kweembumbulu.
U-activist wasekhaya u-Hiroshi Ashitomi ebeqhanqalaza eCamp Schwab okoko kwabhengezwa ulwandiso kwiminyaka eli-11 eyadlulayo, wathi: “Sifuna isiqithi soxolo kunye nokukwazi ukwenza izigqibo zethu, ukuba oku akwenzeki ke mhlawumbi sinokudinga. qala ukuthetha ngokuzimela."
UMaya Evans ulungelelanisa iVoices for Creative Nonviolence UK. (vcnv.org.uk).
