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Residents Fight Plans For New Base In Okinawa, Japan

by: Redeye Collective

Publication date: 2014-11-15

Usage: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

Topics: military occupation, Japan, Okinawa, US bases, militarization, non-violent civil disobedience

Language: English

The island of Okinawa has been a military outpost for the United States since the end of World War II. Now there are plans to build new bases. Okinawan residents are resisting fiercely.

The island of Okinawa has been a military outpost for the United States since the end of World War II. Now there are plans to build new bases. Okinawan residents are resisting fiercely. Ayano Ginoza is author of a recent article in Foreign Policy in Focus about opposition to the militarization of Okinawa. She speaks with Redeye host Sean Mullen.

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