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Resistant islands : Okinawa confronts Japan and the United States
- 初版年月日
- c2012-01
- 登録日
- 2016年3月3日
- 最終更新日
- 2016年3月3日
紹介
Resistant Islands offers a comprehensive overview of Okinawan history over half a millennium from the Ryukyu Kingdom to the present, focusing especially on the colonization by Japan, the islands' disastrous fate during World War II, and their subsequent and continuing subordination to US military purpose. Adopting a people-centered view of Japan's post Cold War history and the US-Japan relationship, the authors focus on the fifteen-year Okinawan struggle to secure the return of Futenma Marine Corps Air Station, situated in the middle of a bustling residential area, from US to Okinawan control. They also highlight the Okinawan resistance to the US and Japanese governments' plan to build a substitute new base at Henoko, on the environmentally sensitive northeastern shore of Okinawa. Forty years after Okinawa's belated "return" to Japan from direct US rule, its people reject the ongoing military role assigned their islands, under which they are required to continue to attach priority to US strategy.
In a persistent and deepening resistance without precedent in Japan's modern history, a peripheral and oppressed region stands up against the central government and its global superpower ally. One recent prime minister who tried to meet key Okinawan demands was brought down by bureaucratic and political pressure from Tokyo and Washington. His successors struggle in vain to find a formula that will allow them to meet US demands but also assuage Okinawan anger. Okinawa becomes a beacon of citizen democracy as its struggles raise key issues about popular sovereignty, democracy and human rights, and the future of Japan and the Asia-Pacific.
目次
Chapter 1: Ryukyu/Okinawa: From Disposal to Resistance Chapter 2: War, Memory, and Commemoration Chapter 3: Japan's American Embrace and the "Partnership" for Peace and Prosperity Chapter 4: Okinawa: Separation and Reversion Chapter 5: Henoko: The Unwanted Base Chapter 6: The Hatoyama Revolt Chapter 7: Post-Cold War: Elections and Democracy Chapter 8: Environment: The "Non-Assessment" Chapter 9: "Deepening" the Alliance: The Kan Agenda Chapter 10: "Deepening" the Alliance: Washington Agendas Chapter 11: Senkaku/Diaoyu: Okinawa as Militarized Outpost or as Bridge of Nations? Chapter 12: Turning History Around: History as Lived Experience Chapter 13: Prospect Bibliography
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