Henoko Non-Violent Action

                               ・ The area is about the size of Kyushu, Japan. ・ There are many Chinese speakers in the north. It has a large population centered around Taipei. ・ There are many Taiwanese speakers in the south and the population is small. ・ Mountain ranges run from north to south and in the center (the highest peak is Yushan, approximately 4000 m). ・ There are many Han people on the west side, and there are many large cities. ・ The eastern side is rich in nature with many areas where indigenous people live. ・ In Taiwan, there is a mausoleum dedicated to Japanese soldiers and warships from the Japanese colonial period. ・ Two days after the 2024 presidential election, Nauru announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Taiwan and announced the restoration of diplomatic relations with China. The remaining 12 countries have diplomatic relations. ・ Taiwan and Japan are each other's favorite countries. Shy 5-6 year old who says his future dream is to

  Gushiken Takamatsu-san, a volunteer collecting the remains of war-dead in Okinawa, and his supporters officially met deputy Governor of Okinawa on March 26. They handed the 32,800 signatures collected since March 1 to demand not to use earth and sand in the South of Okinawa, which could contain the remains of the victims from the Battle of Okinawa, for the landfill reclamation at Henoko where the construction of a new US military is going on. Deputy Governor Teruya said that he understood the significance of the number of signatures collected during such a short period. He expressed deep respect for Gushiken-san, who appealed to the world by doing a hunger strike and risking his life and health. He pledged to do their best to rethink how to face the historical lesson of the Battle of Okinawa and realize the spirit of Chimgukuru, the Okinawan spirit of tenderness based on the philosophy that life is a treasure. Gushiken-san and his supporters plan to do another continuous rally from

It's been a while since I stopped writing about Okinawa's struggle in English. I've been writing in Japanese, but not in English. Maybe, I felt powerless to inform for American people about what's going on in Okinawa and asking for more support. However, an unbelievable thing is going on here in Okinawa. As the title says that our Jap. government has expressed to use an earth which contains human remains to build the foundation of a US military base. Here is a petition for stopping  https://www.change.org/protectourancestorsfromusmilitary                                                  a jaw from remains.                                 Suddenly, opened an access road to mine.                                    Searching remains from a ground.       Trees were cut down without permission. And there are remains in this area. Here is an article written by Maia Hibbett on "the Nation". In Okinawa, the US Military Seeks a Base Built on the Bones of the War Dead |

It's a day, which 18000 people in North Easr Japan suddenly ended their lives. People Who has been left in this world still carrying an afflictive memories.

  picture of Miyako island's militarize plan 11 th February “The Symposium for thinking a peace & military bases at North East Asia” was held at Miyako island. 9 people from Korea visited this time. (Pyeongtaek & Jeju island) Pyeongtaek is where biggest U.S. Army base in the world exists. Jeju island where Korean government constructed new Navy base on 2016 at Gangjeong village despite of strong opposition movement. I’d like to tell you what I saw & I felt by coming Miyako island after one year of my last visiting. Last year of January, when I came, there were no buildings at the site of Chiyoda New Japanese Defense Force’s base. In one year, a dozen of barracks for soldiers were already built and a forest of community prayer site was cut down much smaller and ammunition depots, 700 tons fuel tanks are under construction. However, under the tanks, there is a soft ground which it may not be able to support