Internationalizing the Okinawan Struggle
Implications of the 2006 Elections in Okinawa and the US
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2132095 |
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| Authors | Yoshikawa Hideki (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466007019997 |
| OpenAlex | W4410181220 |
| Language | EN |
With the Bush administration in deep trouble on many fronts, the government of Japan is striving to carry out a reorganization that will integrate Japanese forces in American strategic actions throughout the Arc of Instability. For ten years, from 1996, Japan's longest unfulfilled promise has been to build a new base for the US marines in Okinawa to replace the inconvenient, obsolescent and politically charged Futenma. All efforts at construction have been blocked by a coalition of local Okinawan residents and citizens
| Highly cited | No |
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