Henoko Non-Violent Action

16th Sep . Finally the Japanese high court judged that Okinawan Governor's decision was illegal . The Judge support J.P. government's complaint almost 100%. It was very strange to me that the judge even mentioned about North Korea's missile " Nodong "is out of range for Okinawa but not for mainland, therefore Okinawa has its geographical advantage. The government of Okinawa will make an appeal to supreme court. However we have no positive guess for the final judgement. Last week Yanbaru Forest area became a national park except this "Jungle Warfare Training Center"                       Utilizing all authority and power and money for U.S. militarization Japanese Defense Force dispatched for carrying heavy vehicles for U.S. helipads construction. It was a first time in a history to dispatch JPDF for U.S. base construction. Tens of Police vehicles from all over Japan park 24 hours to protect U.S....

On a Moon calendar of mid August. Okinawa commemorate the ancestors with drumming and traditional dance. So many lives were killed in a battle of Okinawa. One out of four population on the island bacame soil of this island. But also afer the war, under the U.S. military occupation, there were countless victims. On 1972, after the returning to Japan, there are still discrimination  by Japanese main landers, because they want to keep U.S. military bases not in a main land but father south in Okinaa. What solidarity means on this world of today? I know there is nNative Americans, Australian Aborigines Hawaian and Chamoro people, South Americans, Koreans, Taiwanese, Indians, East Timor, Burmese, Arabian people, Kurdish, Africans etc... I mean everywhere,there is a struggle to prorect life and right. Here in Okinawa, we always face to police and construction company's workers, both of us don't want this situation. Both of us don't really want Military helipads in a Yambal...

It has been a month since the construction started. Now, Okinawa Defense Bureau is making a road to helipads construction sites. According the order from U.S. military high officer to complete all helipads as soon as possible, Japanese government is in a hurry. One remarkable news is that Okinawa Defense Bureau is planning to use Japanese Defense Force's helicopter CH47. Finally, Japanese goverment started to use their own weaponized force to make U.S. military base. Takae is not well known like Henoko. Therefore, numbers of people in Takae is not as many as Henoko. A big point to stop the construction is to gather many people. When there are a couple hundreds people gathered in Takae ODB and Japanese riot police don't send trucks. I ask each one of you to have more interest about Okinawa.

I visited Jeju island on this summer. It's been a year since I visited Gangeong village last time. I was very shocked and depressed of seeing that complete of Naval base. Those walls used be divided a village and a naval base has been taken away.  Now, you can see the naval base from a village, its massive presense of concreat is weird. It doesn't fit in a old beautiful village. I can't imagine that how much suffering for the villagers. First 4 pictures are about [hundreds bows] in front of naval base. Every morning at 7 a.m. People start to bow toward naval base for an hundred times. Soldiers are walking by. Pictures of mountain is Mt. Hallasan. A most sacred and highest mountain in Jeju island. I could see a naval base from Hallasan. What would Hallasan think about this Naval base that what I thought when I see it from the mountain. However, people in gangeong think that make this village as the place where is spreading peace. ...

皆様、報道等で既に大半の事はご存知の事と思いますが、高江の現地に居た者と して一連の出来事と、それについての感想をお伝えしたいと思います。 今からちょうど２週間前の夜、参院選の結果が発表されていくなか、沖縄 は十万六千四百票の大差でオール沖縄が自民党の島...

A massive power of the Government is demonstrated with the Japanese riot Police who are sent from Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, Aichi, Osaka, and Fukuoka.  All Japan riot police forces. Uncountable numbers of Police forces (media says 500 - 1000 hundreds) arrived at Okinawa on this middle of July. The Japanese government has been ignoring a Japanese law on the isolated island of Okinawa. The situation in Okinawa has been so critical and danger of democratic and constitutional nation. The Japanese government ignores the Okinawa prefecture government. And using police to remove the will and decision of Okinawa. Especially Police power has been overused and ignoring law process. For example, Removing legally parked citizen's cars which were blocking the gate for construction sites. Starting a inspection for all cars on the public road. Police tried to search inside of cars. Setting temporary traffic signs of parking prohibition without legal process. When the Police who is l...