June 24, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
In a peace declaration made at the June 23 memorial to mourn those who were sacrificed in the Battle of Okinawa, Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga called on the Japanese and U.S. governments to reduce the U.S. Marine presence on Okinawa as a concrete measure to protect human rights and peace.
The Battle of Okinawa saw one in four Okinawans killed in a fierce land battle. After the war, Okinawan human rights continued to be severely violated due to crimes...
June 20, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
As long as there are bases in Okinawa, incidents perpetrated by the U.S. military and base employees that violate women’s human rights and put their lives in danger will continue to occur.
The anger and sadness of Okinawans can no longer be expressed in...
June 6, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
The will of the people has been made clear once again. It is unacceptable for the Japanese government to continue to ignore and trample upon the Okinawan people’s will.
Okinawa’s twelfth prefectural assembly election drew nationwide attention, with people...
June 7, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
A U.S. Navy sailor stationed on Kadena Air Base was driving under the influence of alcohol and in the wrong direction along National Route 58 in Mizugama, Kadena Town, and crashed into two kei cars (small vehicles with specific tax benefits in Japan) successively,...
May 31, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
It seems there is a problem surrounding the Abe administration’s insistence on exercising sole authority over diplomacy, as the U.S. continues to exercise its own authority over Japan’s sovereignty, and the lives of citizens residing around military bases continue...
May 27, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
Partial responsibility for the recent murder of an Okinawan woman by a former U.S. Marine and current U.S. military employee belongs to U.S. President Barack Obama, as the commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who provides...
May 20, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
Yet another precious Okinawan life has been stolen away. Comments by a man associated with the U.S. military implies that he was involved. At the root of the problem is the role of the Japanese and U.S. governments, who force an overwhelming proportion of U.S. military...
May 20, 2016
Ryukyu Shimpo
Yet another precious Okinawan life has been stolen away. Comments by a man associated with the U.S. military implies that he was involved. At the root of the problem is the role of the Japanese and U.S. governments, who force an overwhelming proportion of U.S....
May 15, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
What have the past forty-four years brought to Okinawa? In 1972, the people of Okinawa desired to return to Japan and the protection of its peace constitution, and to achieve self-governance.
But what has actually occurred? The overwhelming burden of U.S. military...
April 29, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
Japan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Seiji Kihara has said that he wants to urge the United Nations to amend and effectively withdraw a recommendation that describes Okinawans as an indigenous people and encouraged the Japanese government to protect Okinawan...
April 19, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
The severity of environmental pollution from U.S. military bases in Okinawa, and the deep secrecy with which this is handled, have been illuminated once again. Okinawan citizens’ stress from the concerns connected to bearing an overlarge share of the bases makes...
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