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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
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
3356	LisaLinda Natividad, Gwyn Kirk	Fortress Guam: Resistance to US Military Mega-Buildup　　要塞グアム——米軍巨大集結への抵抗　　　　　　 Read More
3352	Terese Svoboda	A Drink Called Paradise: Nuclear Legacy in the South Pacific　　楽園という名の飲み物——南太平洋における核の遺産 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
3346	Matsuzawa Tessei	“Tenno-empire” and the Struggle Against Established Power in Japan – One Historian's Engagement Read More
3319	Jeremy Kuzmarov	American Police Training and Political Violence: From the Philippines Conquest to the Killing Fields of Afghanistan and Iraq　　アメリカの警察隊訓練と政治暴力ーーフィリピン征服からアフガニスタン・イラクの大量殺害’現場まで Read More
3320	The Asahi Shimbun Culture Research Center	The Great Tokyo Air Raid and the Bombing of Civilians in World War II　　東京大空襲—「戦略爆撃」という狂気 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
3312	John Breen	Popes, Bishops and War Criminals: reflections on Catholics and Yasukuni in post-war Japan　法皇、司教、戦犯−−戦後日本のカトリックと靖国 Read More
3313	Mark Selden, Kim Dong-choon	South Korea's Embattled Truth and Reconciliation Commission 　困難に直面する韓国真実和解委員会 Read More
3314	Kim Dong-choon	The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Korea: Uncovering the Hidden Korean War　韓国の真実和解委員会−−隠された朝鮮戦争の解明 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
3294	Steve Rabson	“Secret” 1965 Memo Reveals Plans to Keep U.S. Bases and Nuclear Weapons Options in Okinawa After Reversion 　1965年「秘密」メモが明らかにする、復帰後沖縄における米軍基地保持と核兵器持ち込み選択肢保留の計画 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
3273	Matsumoto Tsuyoshi	Revealing “Secret U.S.-Japan Nuclear Understandings”: A solemn obligation of Japan's new government 「密約」は明かされるのかーー新政権の重い責任　松元剛 Read More
3274	Tanaka Sakai	Japanese Bureaucrats Hide Decision to Move All US Marines out of Okinawa to Guam 官僚が隠す沖縄海兵隊グアム全移転 •Japanese original available Read More
3250	Gavan McCormack	The Battle of Okinawa 2009: Obama vs Hatoyama [Japanese translation] Read More
3198	John Junkerman	Li Ying's "Yasukuni": The Controversy Continues Read More
3196	elin o'Hara slavick	Hiroshima: A Visual Record Read More
3185	Yokemoto Masafumi, Hayashi Kiminori, Oshima Ken'ichi	Overcoming American Military Base Pollution in Asia: Japan, Okinawa, Philippines Read More
3173	Mark Selden, Yoshiko Nozaki	Japanese Textbook Controversies, Nationalism, and Historical Memory: Intra- and Inter-national Conflicts Read More
3148	Terese Svoboda	U.S. Courts-Martial in Occupation Japan: Rape, Race, and Censorship Read More
3086	Catherine Lutz	US Bases and Empire: Global Perspectives on the Asia Pacific Read More

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