Explained! The Futenma Base Controversy in Okinawa
This video in our Explained! series is a basic review of why the US Marine airbase at Futenma in Okinawa has become such a source of enduring controversy.
Tag Archives: Battle of Okinawa (1945)
Global Progressives Must Stand Up for Okinawa
If progressives truly believe in our values of freedom of expression, equal opportunity, and security, we must stand in solidarity with the Okinawan people.
Osaka G20 Summit Produces Few Results
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported in the second half of June 2019.
Bulldozed Villages and Good Neighbors in Okinawa
On May 4, US Marine Corps Commandant General Robert B. Neller’s words spoken at a press conference the day before became front-page news in Okinawa.
Ignorance = LDP Support
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on June 25, 2018.
Today in Japan (11.25.17)
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on November 25, 2017.
Time to Give Okinawa Its Due
It was 39 years ago today that the people of Okinawa finally escaped from the Pacific War, but they still await a more genuine era of self-determination. The 82-day-long Battle of Okinawa in 1945 was a horror. Something like a quarter of the civilian population ― more than 100,000 by most accounts ― were slaughtered in the crossfire between an alien army determined to conquer them and an Imperial Army that had no intention of protecting them.
