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Okinawa Outreach: Citizens’ Network for Biodiversity in Okinawa demands the...
Originally published at Okinawa OutreachOkinawa BD’s “Tanabata” Action July 17, 2011(Okinawa Defense Bureau and Peace Bamboo)On July 7, Citizens’ Network for Biodiversity in Okinawa (Okinawa BD) had an...
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Message from the International Women’s Network Against Militarism to Peoples...
Message from the International Women’s Network Against Militarism to peoples movement for No Naval Base on Jeju!September 1, 2011Dear friends in the struggle against US military expansion at Jeju...
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16 Years after the Abduction-Beating-Rape of a 12-year-old Okinawan Girl by 2...
(Historic October 22, 1995 Okinawa-wide protest following gang rape of a 12-year-old girl by U.S. servicemen in Okinawa)On September 4, 1995, 2 U.S. marines and a sailor kidnapped, duct-taped, beat,...
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Peace in Asia and the Pacific: Alternatives to Asia-Pacific Militarization...
Peace in Asia and the Pacific: Alternatives to Asia-Pacific MilitarizationOctober 21, 2011 – 7:00pm – Saturday, October 22, 2011 – 6:00pmInitiated by the American Friends Service CommitteeTo register...
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Joseph Gerson: Compensating for Decline: Revitalizing U.S. Asia-Pacific Hegemony
Compensating for Decline: Revitalizing U.S. Asia-Pacific HegemonyDr. Joseph Gerson Japan Peace Conference, Sasebo, Japan Dec. 3, 2010I want to thank the Japan Peace Committee for the opportunity to...
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Message from Okinawans to Americans in The New York Times, Sept. 21-23, 2011
The “Urgent Okinawa Protest Advertising Action” will run in The New York Times from September 21-23, 2011, coinciding with Japanese Prime Minister Noda’s visit to the United Nations General...
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Governor Nakaima: Washington & Tokyo “should stop doing deals and return the...
Originally published at The Asia-Pacific Journal on Oct. 3, 2011Discordant Visitors: Japanese and Okinawan Messages to the USBy Gavan McCormack and Satoko NorimatsuGovernments come and go in Japan,...
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Yoshio Shimoji: “Futenma: Tip of the Iceberg in Okinawa’s Agony”
Originally published at The Asia-Pacific Journal on Oct. 24, 2011Futenma: Tip of the Iceberg in Okinawa’s AgonyBy Yoshio ShimojiIntroductionWhile well aware of strong local opposition, Washington and...
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Okinawa Outreach: Mangetsu Matsuri (Full Moon Festival) – Celebration of...
Originally published at Okinawa OutreachCelebration of Earth, Life and Peace Continues in OkinawaThe 13th Mangetsu Matsuri (Full Moon Festival) will take place at Oura Bay in Nago, Okinawa on November...
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Okinawa Outreach: “Save Takae! Voice your opposition to the resumed US...
Originally posted at Okinawa Outreach, a website managed by Okinawan scholars and activists.Save Takae ! Voice your opposition to the resumed US helipad construction !On November 15, the Okinawa...
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Makoto Arakaki: Photographs of the Okinawa Prefecture office sit-in
(Rally at Okinawa Prefecture office building. Photograph: Makota Arakaki)Mark Selden, editor of The Asia-Pacific Journal, notes that Okinawans have created the most vibrant and sustained grassroots...
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Delegation to Arrive from Okinawa
Announcing the January 2012 Washington Delegation from Okinawa: “Making Okinawan Voices Heard in America” Purpose of Visit:To promote awareness of enduring military base problems on Okinawa, Japan,...
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Busboys and Poets Event Featuring Delegation from Okinawa
U.S. military bases in Okinawa have been the source of dramatic controversy in Japan and the US for decades. Many in Okinawa have criticized U.S. bases for the dangers they pose, including military...
View ArticleOkinawan Delegation Visits DC for Base Closure Press Release
PRESS ADVISORY Contact: John Feffer, Institute for Policy Studies For Immediate Release 202.234.9382 (English) Ryota Moriki, delegation member, 81-90-9782-7823 (Japanese)Okinawan Delegation Visits DC...
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Washington Post Op-Ed Features Okinawa Newspaper
In conjunction with the Okinawa delegation, and as means of showing solidarity with their work, a Okinawan newspaper has submitted an op-ed to the Washington Post online. The piece highlights the...
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Futenma Relocation: The View From Henoko
The University of Hawaii’s East-West Center in Washington is holding a seminar on Okinawa:Futenma Relocation: The View from HenokoFeaturing: Susumu Inamine Mayor, Nago City, Okinawa, Japan As the...
View ArticleA Briefing with Mayor of Nago City on Capitol Hill, Wed., Feb. 8th 2012...
Okinawa Marine Bases and U.S. Military Spending —–Can we close the Futenma Marine BaseWithout Constructing Additional Marine Bases in Okinawa? —-———————————————————————————————————–Hosted by Nago City...
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Petition: No to Military Base YES to Dugong Protection Area
Target: Japanese Prime Minister Noda YoshihikoSponsored by: Save the Dugong Campaign CenterOn October 14th 2008, the 4th International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Congress in Barcelona,...
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Okinawans, Americans Say No To Military Spending
On April 17, 2012, Okinawan activists and their American supporters will join dozens of organizations around the world for the second annual Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS 2.0)....
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Resistant Islands: Okinawa Confronts Japan and the United States by Gavan...
Resistant Islands: Okinawa Confronts Japan and the United States by Gavan McCormack and Satoko Oka Norimatsu will be released by Rowman & Littlefield in July 2012.Resistant Islands offers...
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