Hey Okinawa! Some of us on this boat are from Hawai‘i. Our hearts are so sad to see this construction because we are island people too. We love our fish, we love our seaweed and we love our ocean, and we know our life comes from the ocean. We have places in Hawai'i that are poisoned by the military. We don't know if they are going to be OK. We don't know if we can heal those … [Read more...] about Women activists join struggle for peace in Okinawa
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The Overseas Dispatch of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces and U.S. War Preparations
The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 12, Issue 30, No. 2, August 4, 2014.Narusawa MuneoTranslated by Richard H. MinearRegardless of Prime Minister Abe’s attempt to make the case that collective self-defense is constitutional, for some time the Self-Defense Forces have been working to achieve for Japan the status of a “state that can wage war overseas.” Behind this movement wriggles … [Read more...] about The Overseas Dispatch of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces and U.S. War Preparations