Okinawa and the Paradox of Public Opinion
Base Politics and Protest in Nago City, 1997-2007
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2132258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miyume Tanji, Miyagi Yasuhiro |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Publication date | 2007-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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/s1557466007021638 |
| OpenAlex | W4410181669 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
So much has happened to the Okinawan protest against the Futenma base relocation in the past 10 years: the formal and informal local resistance has been such that the new U.S. military sea base that was to replace Futenma Air Station has not been built. However, the election results in Okinawa continue to produce mayors and governors ready to accept relocation, largely for economic reasons. What explains this contradiction? How democratic have the local political processes regarding the base issue been? Miyagi Yasuhiro addresses these questions in a report, originally written for the research group Okinawa jizokuteki hatten kenkyukai (Sustainable Development in Okinawa Research Group, headed by Miyamoto Ken'ichi), which reflects on the ten years since the Nago referendum of 1997 on relocation of the US Marine Air Station from Futenma. The relocation proposal was rejected by a majority
Aesthetics · Art · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Mathematics
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |