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3651	Satoko NORIMATSU	Fukushima and Okinawa – the “Abandoned People,” and Civic Empowerment　　福島と沖縄−−「棄民」、および市民の力 Read More
3641	Annmaria Shimabuku	Who Should Bear the Burden of US Bases? Governor Nakaima’s Plea for a “Relocation Site Outside of Okinawa Prefecture, but within Japan” アメリカで県外移設を訴える仲井真知事 Read More
3622	Yoshio SHIMOJI	Futenma: Tip of the Iceberg in Okinawa’s Agony　　普天間−−沖縄の苦悶の氷山の一角 Read More
3618	Miyagi Yasuhiro	“Unacceptable and Unendurable:” Local Okinawa Mayor Says NO to US Marine Base Plan　　稲嶺進名護市長　沖縄への過重負担は「許容の範囲、受忍の範囲を通り越している」 Read More
3613	David McNeill	Implausible Denial: Japanese Court Rules on Secret US-Japan Pact Over the Return of Okinawa　　信じがたい否認−−沖縄復帰に関する日米秘密協定への東京高等裁判所裁決 Read More
3601	Jon Mitchell	US Military Defoliants on Okinawa: Agent Orange　　沖縄における米軍枯葉剤−−オレンジ剤 •Japanese translation is available Read More
3532	Gavan McCormack	Deception and Diplomacy: The US, Japan, and Okinawa　　欺瞞と外交−−アメリカ、日本、沖縄 •Japanese text available Read More
3494	Yonamine Michiyo	Economic Crisis Shakes US Forces Overseas: The Price of Base Expansion in Okinawa and Guam　　経済危機が揺るがす在外米軍体制―経済問題化する軍事費 Read More
3495	Satoko NORIMATSU	Hatoyama's Confession: The Myth of Deterrence and the Failure to Move a Marine Base Outside Okinawa　　鳩山の告白−−抑止力という神話と海兵隊基地県外移転の失敗 Read More
3468	Gavan McCormack, Mark Selden, Satoko NORIMATSU	New Year 2011, Okinawa and the Future of East Asia　　2011年年明け、沖繩、東アジアの将来 Read More
3464	Gavan McCormack	Small Islands – Big Problem: Senkaku/Diaoyu and the Weight of History and Geography in China-Japan Relations　　小さな諸島−大きな問題−−尖閣／釣魚と日中関係における歴史と地理の重さ •Japanese, Korean and Chinese texts available Read More
3418	Tanaka Sakai	Rekindling China-Japan Conflict: The Senkaku/Diaoyutai Islands Clash　　日中対立の再燃　　田中宇 •Chinese, Italian translation and Japanese original available Read More
3407	Gavan McCormack	The US-Japan 'Alliance', Okinawa, and Three Looming Elections　　日米「同盟」、沖繩、目前に迫る三つの選挙 Read More
3409	Gregory Smits	Examining the Myth of Ryukyuan Pacifism Read More
3398	Jitsuro Terashima	The US-Japan Alliance Must Evolve: The Futenma Flip-Flop, the Hatoyama Failure, and the Future Read More
3394	James E. Roberson	Songs of War and Peace: Music and Memory in Okinawa　　戦争と平和の歌−−沖縄の音楽と記憶 Read More
3386	Vivian Blaxell	Preparing Okinawa for Reversion to Japan: The Okinawa International Ocean Exposition of 1975, the US Military and the Construction State　　沖繩の本土復帰をめぐって——1975年沖繩国際海洋博覧会、米軍、土建国家 Read More
3381	Satoko NORIMATSU, Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting	Assault on the Sea: A 50-Year U.S. Plan to Build a Military Port on Oura Bay, Okinawa　　狙われた海——沖繩大浦湾軍港設立５０年計画 Read More
3378	Yoshida Kensei	Okinawa and Guam: In the Shadow of U.S. and Japanese “Global Defense Posture”　　沖繩とグアム——日米「世界的防衛体制」の陰で Read More
3369	C. Douglas Lummis, Ahagon Shoko	I Lost My Only Son in the War: Prelude to the Okinawan Anti-Base Movement　　戦争でわたしの一人むすこも戦死しました——沖縄基地反対運動への序曲 Read More
3370	Jon Mitchell	Beggars' Belief: The Farmers' Resistance Movement on Iejima Island, Okinawa　　乞食行進の信念——伊江島の農民抵抗運動 Read More
3365	Gavan McCormack	Ampo's Troubled 50th: Hatoyama's Abortive Rebellion, Okinawa's Mounting Resistance and the US-Japan Relationship - Part 1　　苦渋の安保改正５０年—鳩山反撃の失敗、沖繩で高まる反抗運動、日米関係　第１部 Read More
3366	Gavan McCormack	Ampo's Troubled 50th: Hatoyama's Abortive Rebellion, Okinawa's Mounting Resistance and the US-Japan Relationship - Part 2　　苦渋の安保改正５０年—鳩山反撃の失敗、沖繩で高まる反抗運動、日米関係　第２部　 Read More
3367	Gavan McCormack	Ampo's Troubled 50th: Hatoyama's Abortive Rebellion, Okinawa's Mounting Resistance and the US-Japan Relationship - Part 3　　苦渋の安保改正５０年—鳩山反撃の失敗、沖繩で高まる反抗運動、日米関係　第３部 [Macedonian Translation Available] Read More
3354	Yoshio SHIMOJI	The Futenma Base and the U.S.-Japan Controversy: an Okinawan perspective　　普天間基地と日米論争——沖繩の一視点 Read More
3317	Gavan McCormack	The Travails of a Client State: An Okinawan Angle on the 50th Anniversary of the US-Japan Security Treaty　属国の苦悩−−日米安全保障条約五〇周年の沖繩の一視点 Read More
3306	Kikuno Yumiko, Satoko NORIMATSU	Henoko, Okinawa: Inside the Sit-In　沖繩県名護市辺野古−−座り込みの内側 Read More
3299	Chalmers Johnson, Edan Corkill	Sorge's Spy is Brought in From the Cold: A Soviet-Okinawan Connection ゾルゲのスパイ正体を現すーーソヴィエトと沖縄のつながり Read More
3291	Gavan McCormack, Urashima Etsuko	Electing a Town Mayor in Okinawa: Report from the Nago Trenches [Updated] 　沖縄市長選ーー名護市より　[Korean translation available] Read More
3287	Iha Yoichi, Satoko NORIMATSU	Why Build a New Base on Okinawa When the Marines are Relocating to Guam?: Okinawa Mayor Challenges Japan and the US 「沖縄の海兵隊のほとんどがグアムに行くのに、なんで辺野古が必要なんですか？」－宜野湾市長　伊波洋一　日テレインタビュー完全版 Read More

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