
These Two Islands, 1,400 Miles Apart, Are Banding Together Against U.S. Bases
March 20, 2018 | Guam and Okinawa have a shared history of exploitation by their governments — and a shared threat from new military installations.
March 20, 2018 | Guam and Okinawa have a shared history of exploitation by their governments — and a shared threat from new military installations.
July 11, 2013 | As they rally against a planned military base on Henoko, the people of Okinawa need all the support they can get.
January 31, 2013 | With Japanese militarism on the rise, Okinawan leaders bring an angry appeal for peace to Tokyo.
October 8, 2012 | A recently discovered U.S. army report puts lie to the Pentagon's denials that it exposed soldiers and civilians to Agent Orange on Okinawa.
July 26, 2012 | During the 1960, as the Cold War heated up, the U.S. government placed nuclear weapons in Okinawa, Japan, which it did not admit until years later.
May 9, 2012 | This article examines the efforts of the U.S. government to deny the storage of Agent Orange on the Okinawa military base during the Vietnam War and the U.S. veterans, and their family members, whose health has been permanently damaged by exposure to the chemicals during the 1960s and 70s.
September 29, 2011 | The Pentagon's increasingly unconvincing denials that Agent Orange was stored on Okinawa prevents veterans from receiving the medical care that they desperately need.
April 6, 2011 | The Japanese NGO Peace Boat puts the humanity back into humanitarian relief operations.
March 23, 2011 | While the world's attention is focused on the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the construction of a new U.S. military base gathers steam in Okinawa.
December 30, 2010 | An anti-American riot in Okinawa in 1970 still has ripple effects on the island today.