This is Yoshida Kensei’s essay that appeared in May 15 edition of Shukan Kin’yobi, a progressive weekly magazine in Japan. We will post an English summary soon. Yoshida has written numerous books including “Okinawa: Military Colony” (Kobunken, 2007) and “Democracy Betrayed: Okinawa under U.S. Occupation” (Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University). See also his article in Japan Focus “US Bases, Japan and the Reality of Okinawa as a Military Colony.”
『週 刊金曜日』5月15日「論争」欄に掲載された吉田健正さんの論考をご本人の了解を得て掲載いたします。
吉田健正さんは元桜美林大学教授 で、『軍事植民地 沖縄』『沖縄の海兵隊はグアムへ行く』『カナダはなぜイラク戦争に参戦しなかったのか』(以上すべて高文研)等の著書で知られていま す。
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