Community, Resistance, and Sustainability in an Okinawan Village
Yomitan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2132764 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miyume Tanji (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | S2 |
| Pages | 137-156 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| 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/s1557466012024709 |
| OpenAlex | W1535216722 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The presence of some 737 US military outposts around the world imposes great strains, and there is always the possibility of rejection by the inhabitants of adjacent communities. Chalmers Johnson, author of the acclaimed trilogy on US imperial expansion and its costs, highlights the tensions between overseas US bases and the countries where they are deployed, most prominently Okinawa. Nearly one-fifth of the land surface of Okinawa's small, crowded main island is devoted to 38 bases and facilities for the US military (almost 75% of the US forces stationed in Japan). Johnson depicts Okinawa as a hotspot among other US military outposts, where anti-American opposition might undermine the US alliance network in the Asia-Pacific. He draws particular attention to the US forces' exemption from the local criminal justice system, as well as from responsibility to overcome the environmental contamination of local sites caused by US military usage
Biology · Sustainability · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · History · Japanese History and Culture · Ecology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |