Ibhalwe nguJustin McCurry, The Guardian, May 14, 2022
Ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, uJinshiro Motoyama ubeke isibhengezo ngaphandle kwehhovisi likandunankulu waseJapane, wahlala esihlalweni esigoqwayo, wayeseyeka ukudla. Bekuyisenzo esimangalisayo, kepha isishoshovu esineminyaka engu-30 sikholelwa ukuthi kudingeka izinyathelo eziphuthumayo ukuze kuqedwe isikhathi eside. Ukuba khona kwezempi yase-US endaweni yakhe yokuzalwa, e-Okinawa.
Itholakala cishe amamayela angu-1,000 eningizimu ye-Tokyo e-East China Sea, i-Okinawa iyichashaza olwandle elihlanganisa u-0.6% wendawo yonke yase-Japan kodwa isingatha cishe u-70% wezisekelo zamasosha ase-US Japan kanye nengxenye engaphezu kwengxenye yamasosha ayo angu-47,000 XNUMX.
Njengoba isiqhingi, yesehlakalo omunye izimpi ezichitha igazi kakhulu yempi yasePacific, ilungiselela ngeSonto ukumaka iminyaka engu-50 kusukela yabuyiselwa ebukhosini baseJapane kusukela ekulawuleni kwangemva kwempi yase-US, i-Motoyama ayikho esimweni sokugubha.
"Uhulumeni waseJapan ufuna ukuthi kube nomoya wokugubha, kodwa lokho akunakwenzeka uma ubheka ukuthi isimo se-US asikaxazululwa," lo mfundi oneminyaka engu-30 ubudala etshela izintatheli ngoLwesihlanu, usuku lwesihlanu lwendlala yakhe. shaya.
Uvumile ukuthi abantu base-Okinawa abayizigidi ezingu-1.4 sebecebe kakhulu - nakuba ukuqoqwa kweziqhingi kuseyizo ezimpofu kakhulu ezifundeni zase-Japan ezingu-47 - phakathi nengxenye yekhulu leminyaka edlule, kodwa wathi lesi siqhingi sisaphathwa njengesizinda se-quasi-colonial.
“Inkinga enkulu selokhu kwabuyela emuva Japan, futhi kusukela ekupheleni kwempi yezwe yesibili, kuba khona US military izisekelo, ezakhiwe ngendlela engalingani e-Okinawa.”
Inkulumompikiswano mayelana nokunyathela kwezempi yase-US ibuswa ikusasa lika I-Futenma, isizinda sezindiza samasosha asemanzini ase-US esimaphakathi nedolobha elinabantu abaningi, endaweni engasogwini lolwandle e-Henoko, idolobhana lokudoba endaweni ekude esenyakatho yesiqhingi esikhulu sase-Okinawan.
Abagxeki bathi isizinda se-Henoko sizocekela phansi i-ecosystem yasolwandle ethambile futhi isongele ukuphepha kwezakhamuzi ezingaba ngu-2,000 ezihlala eduze nendawo.
Ukuphikiswa kwe US military Ukuba khona e-Okinawa kwanda ngemva kokuthunjwa nokudlwengulwa kwentombazane eneminyaka engu-1995 ngo-12 ngamasosha amathathu ase-US. Ngonyaka olandelayo, iJapane ne-US bavuma ukunciphisa indawo yase-US ngokuhambisa abasebenzi be-Futenma kanye ne-hardware yezempi e-Henoko. Kodwa iningi labantu base-Okinawa lifuna kwakhiwe isisekelo esisha kwenye indawo eJapane.
Umbusi we-anti-base wase-Okinawa, UDenny Tamaki, ufunge wagomela ukulwa nomnyakazo we-Henoko - isimo esisekelwa abavoti abangaphezu kuka-70% esifundeni esingabopheli u-2019 Ukuvota ukuthi u-Motoyama usize ukuhlela.
Emhlanganweni omfushane kuleli sonto nondunankulu waseJapan, uFumio Kishida, uTamaki umnxuse ukuthi axazulule ingxabano yesisekelo se-Henoko ngengxoxo. "Ngiyethemba ukuthi uhulumeni ... uzoyibona ngokugcwele imibono yama-Okinawans," kusho uTamaki, indodana yowesifazane waseJapan nosolwandle wase-US angakaze ahlangane naye.
Ephendula, unobhala omkhulu weKhabhinethi, u-Hirokazu Matsuno, uthe uhulumeni uhlose ukunciphisa umthwalo wesiqhingi, kodwa wagcizelela ukuthi ayikho enye indlela yokwakha isisekelo esisha e-Henoko.
UMotoyama, ofuna kuqedwe ngokushesha umsebenzi wokwakha kanye nokwehliswa okukhulu kwebutho lezempi laseMelika, usole uhulumeni waseJapan ngokushaya indiva intando yeningi yabantu base-Okinawan.
"Imane yenqaba ukwamukela umphumela wenhlolovo," esho. “Kuyoze kube nini abantu base-Okinawa bathwala lesi simo? Ngaphandle kwalapho inkinga yesikhungo sezempi ixazululwa, ukuhlehla kanye nosizi lwempi yezwe yesibili ngeke kuphele ngempela kubantu base-Okinawa.”
Ngobusuku bangaphambi kokuphela konyaka wokuqothulwa kwe-US e-Okinawa, ukuphikiswa kwendawo embuthweni wamasosha ase-US kusalokhu kuphakeme.
Inhlolovo eyenziwe yiphephandaba i-Asahi Shimbun kanye nezinhlangano zabezindaba zase-Okinawan ithole ukuthi u-61% wabantu bendawo ufuna izisekelo ezimbalwa zase-US esiqhingini, kanti u-19% uthe ujabule ngesimo esikhona.
Abasekeli bendima eqhubekayo "yenqaba i-Okinawa" bakhomba ezingozini zokuphepha ezibangelwa iNorth Korea ehlomile ngezikhali zenuzi kanye neChina eqinile, ibutho layo lasolwandle lisanda kwandisa imisebenzi yalo emanzini eduze kwase-Okinawa, lapho izindiza zempi zisuka futhi zehla endizeni. inkampani yenethiwekhi Liaoning nsuku zonke isikhathi esingaphezu kwesonto.
Ukwesaba e-Japan ukuthi i-China ingase izame ukuphinda ithathe i-Taiwan noma ifune ngenkani ephikisanayo Iziqhingi zaseSenkaku - etholakala endaweni engaphansi kwamamayela ayi-124 (200km) - asekhulile selokhu iRussia yahlasela i-Ukraine.
Amalungu ePhalamende eqembu elibusayo laseJapan i-Liberal Democratic acele izwe ukuthi lithole imicibisholo engakwazi ukushaya izindawo ezibhekiswe kuzo endaweni yezitha - izikhali ezingase zifakwe kwenye yezindawo ezincane zase-Okinawa “ngaphambili” iziqhingi.
Ukungezwani okukhulayo esifundeni kwenze i-Okinawa yaba inhloso, hhayi isisekelo sokuvimba, ngokusho kukaMasaaki Gabe, uprofesa ophuma eNyuvesi yaseRyukyus, owayeneminyaka engu-17 lapho ukuphela kwe-US. "I-Okinawa izoba yiphambili endabeni yempi noma ukungqubuzana phakathi kweJapan neChina," kusho uGabe. “Ngemva kweminyaka engu-50, umuzwa wokungazethembi usaqhubeka.”
UMotoyama wavuma. "Ngikholwa ukuthi kunengozi yokuthi i-Okinawa ingaphinde ibe yindawo yempi," esho ebhekisa ekuhlaselweni ngamasosha ase-US ngo-Ephreli 1945 lapho izakhamizi ezingama-94,000 - cishe ingxenye yesine yabantu base-Okinawa - zafa, kanye namasosha angama-94,000 aseJapan. kanye namasosha ase-US angu-12,500.
Izimfuno zezakhamizi zase-Okinawa zokuthi behlise umthwalo wazo ngokuhambisa ezinye izikhungo zamasosha ase-US kwezinye izingxenye zaseJapan azinakwanga. Uhulumeni uphinde wenqabile ukuchibiyela isivumelwano sesimo samasosha eJapan-US, abagxeki abathi sivikela abasebenzi base-US abasolwa amacala abucayi, kuhlanganise nokudlwengulwa.
UJeff Kingston, umqondisi wezifundo zase-Asia e-Temple University Japan, uthe uyangabaza ukuthi abantu abaningi base-Okinawa bazogubha iminyaka engu-50 edlule ngaphansi kobukhosi baseJapan.
"Abajabule ngokubuyela emuva ngoba amasosha aseMelika ahlala egxilile," kusho yena. “Abantu bendawo abacabangi ngezisekelo njengezihlangu kodwa bacabanga njengezinhloso. Futhi izinkinga zobugebengu nezendawo ezungezile ezixhunywe ezisekelweni zisho ukuthi abantu baseMelika bayaqhubeka nokwamukela ukwamukelwa kwabo. "
UMotoyama, ongakaze axhumane nezikhulu zikahulumeni waseJapan, uthe uzoqhubeka nesiteleka sakhe sokulamba kuze kube wusuku lwangeSonto, naphezu kokugxekwa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngokuthi akusizi ngalutho.
“Ngifuna abantu bacabange ukuthi kungani kufanele ngenze lokhu,” kusho yena. “Nokho abantu base-Okinawan bazwakalisa amazwi abo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi benzani, uhulumeni waseJapane awunakwa. Akukho okushintshile eminyakeni engu-50.”
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Impendulo eyodwa
Siyabonga i-WBW ngokwabelana ngalesi sibonelo sokumelana e-Okinawa, uMbuso wangaphambili we-Liu Chiu (Ryūkyū) owagqunywa i-Imperial Japan ehlala iyikoloni lezempi elifana noMbuso WaseHawaii. Nokho, sicela ukulungise kahle: Ukhomba lesi sivikeli sezwe/samanzi sase-Uchinānchu (Okinawan) njengesiJapane! Yebo, angase abe yisakhamuzi sase-Japan - kodwa kufana ncamashí ne-First Nation, Hawaiian, njll. abantu bangaphinda babhalwe “isakhamuzi saseMelika,” ngokungafuni kwabo. Sicela uhloniphe ubunikazi bomdabu kanye nemizabalazo ngokungavezi ngekoloni labo. Kulokhu, ama-Okinawans ahlukunyezwe emisebenzini yezempi kokubili iJapane ne-USA, futhi manje lezi zizwe ezimbili zokufika zihlangene nokuqhubeka kwezempi, manje zikhula ngokwanda kweJapan "Self-Defence" Forces kulo lonke leli qoqo leziqhingi ukulungiselela. impi neChina kanye nempi yombango neTaiwan (amaTaiwan anamuhla akubona abantu bomdabu basesiqhingini, kodwa ababaleki bezombusazwe).