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1 Bibliography Okinawa, Japan A Force in Readiness: Marine Corps Bases Japan, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Consolidated Public Affairs Office, Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler, Okinawa, June Allen, David, and Chiyomi Sumida, Helicopter crash provides spark for opponents of Futenma base, flights, Stars and Stripes, August 19, 2004, com/news/helicopter-crash-provides-spark-foropponents-of-futenma-base-flights Asahi Shimbun, The, Japan, Taiwan agree on fishing rights around Senkakus, April 10, 2013, article/behind_news/politics/aj Briefing on the Operations of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, Okinawa Defense Bureau, April Chomsky, Noam, The threat of warships on an Island of World Peace, The New York Times news service, October 5, Defense of Japan 2012, Ministry of Defense, Tokyo, Downes, Lawrence, Island Records: Far from Mainland Japan, Okinawa has a sound all its own, NYTimes. com/t Magazine, November 18, Dr. Song Kang-Ho, Brother Song, released from prison after 181 days! September 28, 2012, org/?s=brother+song East Asian Strategic Review, 2012, The National Institute for Defense Studies. Tokyo: Japan Times,

2 136 Bibliography Feifer, George, Tennozan: The Battle of Okinawa and the Atomic Bomb. New York: Ticknor & Fields, Hankyoreh Shinmun, New turmoil on Jeju as Gureombi is blasted, March 20, 2012, national/ html Hastings, Max, Retribution: The Battle for Japan, New York: Vintage Books, Hayashi, Yuka, Marines struggle as tensions rise on Okinawa, The Wall Street Journal, January 4, 2013, p. A8, html Henoko Action, Conference Opposing the Offshore Heliport and for the Peace and Democratization of Nago City, translated by Douglas Lummis, December 21, Himeyuri Peace Museum, Bunshin Printing Co., Naha, August Japan Press Weekly, 90,000 Okinawans gather in anti-u.s.base rally, April 21 27, 2010, Johnston, Eric, Okinawa pitches Futenma dispersal : SDF bases, airports from Kyushu to Hokkaido proposed as relocation sites instead of Henoko, Japan Times, June 14, 2013, japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/14/national/okinawa-pitchesfutenma-dispersal/ Joint Statement of Security Consultative Committee, Secretary of State Clinton, Secretary of Defense Panetta, Minister for Foreign Affairs Gemba, Minister of Defense Tanaka, April 27, Katz, Richard, Mutual assured production: Why trade will limit conflict between China and Japan, Foreign Affairs, July/August, 2013, Kerr, George H., Okinawa: The History of an Island People, revised edition, with an afterword by Mitsugu Sakihara. Tokyo, Rutland, Singapore: Tuttle Publishing, Kirk, Donald, Storm over US bases on Okinawa. Korea Times, May 17, nation/2012/09/353_ html Kirk, Donald, The View from Okinawa Donald Kirk on the U.S. 21 st Century in Asia, Three Wise Monkeys, June 3, 2012, thethreewisemonkeys.com/2012/06/03/the-view-from-okinawa-donkirk-on-the-u-s-militarys-21st-century-in-asia/

3 Bibliography 137 Luo Yuan: Do Ryukyu islands belong to Japan, People s Daily On-line, July 27, 2012, Marine Life of Oura Bay, Okinawa Reefcheck & Research Group, Naha: The Conservation Alliance Japan, Matsuda Mitsugu, The Government of the Kingdom of Ryukyu, , Gushikawa: Yui Publishing Co., McCurry, Justin, Arrests of US sailors in Okinawa reignites opposition to bases, The Christian Science Monitor, October 18, 2012, csmonitor.com/world/asia-pacific/2012/1018/arrests-of-us-sailorsin-okinawa-reignites-opposition-to-bases-video Naha Port 2009, Naha Port Authority, Naha, Nakaima, Hirokazu, The 40th anniversary of the Okinawa s reversion, speech, May 15, 2012, Okinawa Convention Center, Ginowan City. Nakawa, Hitoshi, Present status of Senkaku, Ishigaki City History, Ishigaki: undated. Nichols, Major Chas. S. Jr. and Henry Shaw, Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific, under the auspices of the Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Rutland, Vermont, Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., NIDS China Security Report 2011, Tokyo: National Institute for Defense Studies, February Nogami, Hidefumi, Prometheus trap: Gap grew between Japan, U.S., in providing support, 14th in series on Differences between Japan and the United States in dealing with the Fukushima nuclear accident of 2011 following the Great East Japan Earthquake, Asahi Shimbun, February 27, 2013, fukushima/aj Okinawa and The Reversion Era: The Times Before and After 1972, photography by Akira Ikemiyagi and Taku Ikemiyagi, foreword by Satoshi Kamata, translated by Yukiko Oshiro with A.P. Jenkins, Okinawa: Ikemi Shokai, Co., Ltd., February 24, Okinawa: Japan s Tropical Side, Okinawa Prefecture, Naha: Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau, undated. Ota Masahide, Essays on Okinawa Problems, Gushikawa: Yui Shuppan Co Overseas Basing of U.S. Military Forces: An Assessment of Relative Costs and Strategic Benefits, Prepared for the Office of Secretary of Defense. Santa Monica: Rand National Defense Research Institute, 2013,

4 138 Bibliography Q&A on the Senkaku Islands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo, 2013, Reyes, Jonas, Scarborough training not for show, Manila Bulletin, October 25, 2011, scarborough-training-not-show#.utmufqkepfi Rodong Sinmun, U.S. nuclear blackmail will be foiled with stronger military counteraction: Spokesman, March 20, 2013, Korean Central News Agency, Pyongyang, March 21, 2013, Ryall, Julian, The bone collector, Breaking the Futenma deadlock, Number 1 Shimbun. Tokyo: Foreign Correspondent Club of Japan, April 2012, pp SACO [Special Action Committee on Okinawa] Final Report, Minister for Foreign Affairs Ikeda, Minister of State for Defense Kyuma, Secretary of Defense Perry, Ambassador Mondale. Tokyo: December 2, 1996., security/96saco1.html Sakihara, Mitsugu, Afterword in George H. Kerr, Okinawa: The History of an Island People, revised edition, Tokyo, Rutland, Singapore: Tuttle Publishing, Shanker, Thom and Choe Sang-hun, U.S. runs practice sortie in South Korea, The New York Times, March 28, 2013, com/2013/03/29/world/asia/us-begins-stealth-bombing-runs-oversouth-korea.html Simon, Scott, The Senkaku Islands: A forgotten flashpoint in the Western Pacific, Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa, March 12, 2012, Sledge, E.B., With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa. New York: Presidio Press, Random House, Smith, George, Lewchew and the Lewchewans: Being a Narrative of a Visit to Lewchew, or Loo Choo, in October, 1850, London: T. Hatchard, Smith, George, Ryukyu and The Ryukyuans, edited with notes by Eitetsu Yamaguchi and Yuko Arakawa, Okinawa: English Institute of Japanese Studies, Smith, Sheila A., Japan and the East China Sea dispute, Orbis, Summer 2012,

5 Bibliography 139 Shimabukuro, Ryota, Film Director Oliver Stone urges Okinawans to wage non-violent struggle, interview, Santa Monica, July 19, Ryukyu Shimpo, August 4, jp/2013/08/07/11106/ Thayer, Carlyle A., The Senkaku Islands dispute: Risk to U.S. rebalancing in the Asia-Pacific? U.S. Naval Institute, October 4, 2012, Tritten, Travis J., Osprey protesters block gates at Marine base on Okinawa, Stars and Stripes, September 28, 2012, com/news/pacific/okinawa/osprey-protesters-block-gates-at-marinebase-on-okinawa Tritten, Travis, Deployment of Ospreys resumes on Okinawa, Stars and Stripes, August 11, deployment-of-ospreys-resumes-on-okinawa US Military Base Issues on Okinawa. Naha: Okinawa Prefectural Government, September Yaeyama: Travelling to the Yaeyama Islands, Ishigaki City Tourism Section, Ishigaki City Tourist Association, translation by Troy Nakamura and Karen Guinea, Ishigaki, undated. Yamaguchi, Eitetsu, and Yuko Arakawa, editors, The Demise of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Ginowan: Yojushorin, Jeju, Korea 2012 Jeju, Policy Planning Department, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Ahn Byung-ook, publisher and editor, Truth and Reconciliation: Activities of the Past Three Years. Seoul: Truth and Reconciliation Commission, March 20, April 3 and Peace, Jeju April 3 Peace Foundation, Jeju, October Erwin, Nicole, Sites of slaughter: Survivor revisits massacre location, The Jeju Weekly, January 20, 2010, articleview.html?idxno=500 Gangjeong Village Story: The Struggle Against Jeju Naval Base, Gangjeong Village, monthly. Invest in the Future, the Future Is Jeju, Investment Policy Division, Free International City Bureau, Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Government, undated.

6 140 Bibliography Jeju Civilian-Military Complex Port, Ministry of National Defense, September 6, Jeju Island: An Island of Sky and Sea, Jeju Self-Governing Province and Jeju Tourist Organization, second edition, Jeju Weekly, The, Publisher Song Jung-hee, Jeju. Jeju Weekly, The, A walk through Jeju s dark history, May 14, 2010, Kirk, Donald, Can U.S. Wage War On 2 Fronts Syria And Korea? Forbes.com, May 7, donaldkirk/2013/05/07/defending-south-korea/ Kirk, Donald, Jeju Island: Blood, Beauty and the Need for a Naval Base. Korea Bridge/Three Wise Monkeys, June 26, net/post/jeju-island-blood-beauty-and-need-naval-base-3wm Kirk, Donald, Korea Betrayed: Kim Dae-jung and Sunshine. New York: Palgrave Mackmillan, Korea s Smart Grid Initiative. Seoul: Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Peace Island Magazine, Jeju Provincial Government, World Association for Island Studies, Institute of Peace Studies, Jeju, published annually, registered May 12, The recollection of Jeju April 3rd, Jeju April 3rd Peace Park, DVD, Reconciliation Beyond Memory: International Conference commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Jeju April Third Uprising, Jeju Research Institute, April 3 5, Southcott, Darren, Jeju, Obama s Pivot to Asia, says Oliver Stone, The Jeju Weekly, August 17, articleview.html?idxno=3454 The smart grid world enabled by KPX, Seoul: Korea Power Exchange, undated. Wind of Peace: Jeju April 3 Peace Park. Jeju: April 3 Peace Foundation, undated. World Environment and Island Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1. Jeju: World Association for Island Studies, World Environment & Island Institute, December 30, 2011.

7 Index 4/3 Peace Foundation, 117 4/3 (Sasam), 4/3 massacre, see Jeju, uprising 4/3 Institute, 117 Abe, Shinzo, 31, 45 46, 48, 82 83, 132 Aegis destroyers, 103 Afghanistan, Afghan conflict, 4, 7, 49, 51, 52, 131 Agena Noboru, 65 Agent Orange, 7 Ainu, see Hokkaido Aircraft, U.S. forces B2 Stealth bombers, 83 B52 bombers, 7, 83 C17 Globemaster, 60 CH46 helicopters, Sea Knight, 12 C130 Hercules transport, 28, 57 CH53D Sea Stallion, crash, 71 E3 AWACS, airborne warning and control systems, 56 F15, 56 F18, FA18, Hornet, fighter jets, 24, 31, 52, 63 HH60 Pave Hawk helicopter, crash, 11 KC135 Stratotanker, 58 Osprey, MV22, helicopter, 10 11, 12, 22, 23, 25, 28, 34, 37, 45, 57, 60 HH60 P3C Orion, 58 Akahata (Red Flag), 60 Akemine, Seiken, 22 Alddreu airfield, , 121 Amami Island, 3 Amazones, 20 America, Americans, see United States, U.S. Forces American Legion, 93 Andersen Air Force Base, 83 Anderson, Christopher, April 3rd Incident, 4/3, see Jeju uprising Arakaki, Tsutomu, 20 Arakawa, Shusei, 23 Aratake, Yoshiko, 25 Arigatou, 40 Asato, Jun, 37 Asia-Pacific, 10, 132 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group (APEC), 36 Association of Bereaved Families, 122 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 36 Australia, 10, 27, 30, 48 49, 51, 73, 101 Battle of Okinawa, 2 4, 12, 15, 21, 31, 41, 46, 52, 58, 133 casualties, 6, 133 Bay of Bengal, 108 Beijing, 3, 4, 9, 29, 30, 43, 44, 79, 81 82, Britain, 5, 88,

8 142 Index Brunei, 50 Bukcheon massacre, 124, 129 Cairo Declaration, 88 Cambodia, 7 Camp Hansen, 11, 86 Camp Kinser, 43 Camp Pendleton, 51 Camp Schwab, 4, 10, 34, 37, 38, 86, 87 Chang Sung-hee, 111 Cheonan sinking, 15, 27 Chiang Kai-shek, 29, 88 China, Chinese power, 3 4, 13, 20, 35, 36, 37, 40, 42 44, 49 53, 55, 57, 76, 91, 92, 103, , 131, 132 claims to seas, islands, 8 9, 10, 15, 23, 27 30, 50 53, 59 60, 65, 66, 70, 74 75, 76, 80, 81, 82 85, 87 91, 119, 121, 122, 131, 132 coast guard, navy, 30 State Oceanic Administration, 80 tourists, 16, 44, 57, 59, 68, 79, 84, 106, 122 China Daily Mail, 131 China, Republic of (ROC), see Taiwan China News Service, 131 China Strategy and Culture Promotion Association, 88 Chinese Communist Party, see Communist Party of China Cho Yuel-gol, 99 Choi Sung-hee, 102 Chomsky, Noam, , 121 Chosun dynasty, 24, 111 Chun Doo-hwan, 123 Churchill, Winston, 88 Cholla region, provinces, 111, 122 Coote, Darryl, 112 Clark Air Base, 7, 50 Clinton, Hillary, 65, 82 Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Off-Shore Areas (CCOP), 81 Committee for the Elderly, 125 Communist Party of China, 60, 88, 90 Cooperative Association for Friendship with U.S. Forces on Okinawa, 87 Cuba, 103 Dana, Indiana, 93 Daelim group, Industries, 100 Darwin, 27 Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), 26, 27, 30, 65 Deng Xiaoping, 29 Diaoyu, Diaoyutai, see Senkaku Islands Dienbienphu, 7 Dokdo (Takeshima), 68 Eames, Caleb D., 50 East China Sea, 3, 8, 10, 14, 72, 76, 91 East Sea, see Sea of Japan Enokawa, Yasukuni, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), 30, 85, 119 Formosa, see Taiwan France, 92 Friendship Park, 22 Fuji TV, 59 Fujimoto, Yasuhiro, 22 Fukuda Takeo, 29 Fukushima nuclear plant, 21, 27, 49 Futami, 34 Futenma Dai-Ni (Futenma Number 2) Elementary School, Futenma, Futenma Marine Corps Air Station, 2, 4, 10, 12, 21, 22, 24, 27 28, 34, 35, 38, 39, 48, 52, 57, 63, 64, 66, 69, 71, 75, 90, 91 Gabe, Masaaki, 25 26, 27 Gangjeon River, 98, 100, 105, 121 village, 98, 99, 103, 104, 107, 112, 115, , 121, 125, 130 Gangjeon Village Story, 100, 103 Gates, Robert, 26 Gima, Hideki, Ginowan City, 2, 4, 11, 25, 34, 63, 73

9 Index 143 Goryeo rule, 111 Griesmer, David, 48, Guam, ix, 23, 24, 26 27, 30 31, 49, 51, 73, 75, 83, 92, 101, 115, 119 Gureombi Rock, 99, 100, 104 Hagel, Chuck, 48 Hankyoreh Sinmun, 100 Hashimoto, Ryutaro, 70 Hateruma Island, 79 Hatoyama, Yoshio, 26, 30, 65, 73 Hawaii, 4, 5, 27, 49, 51, 73, 76, 101, 102, 119 Henoko, 10, 11, 24, 26 28, 34, 35, 37 39, 43, 45 46, 48, 53, 57, 60, 63 65, 71, 73 75, 83, 86, 87, environment, pollution, 37, 39 Hirohito, Emperor, 5 6, 13 Hiroshima, 6 Himeyuri School, nurses, 2 3 Hokkaido, 24, 42, 88 Hong Dong-ryo, Hong Kong, 44, 79, 80, 122 Honshu Island, 28, 42, 68, 88 Hung Dang-po, 125 Hwason, 112 Hyun Hak-soo, Hyun Ki-young, 124 Huangyan Island, see Scarborough Shoal Ie Jima, Ie Village, 93 Ieodo Rock (aka Socotra, Suyan), 15, 119, , 131 Inamine, Keiichi, 64 Incheon, 102, 109 India, 51 Indian Ocean, 108 Indonesia, 50 International Court of Justice (ICJ), 87 International Institute for Okinawa Studies, 85 Iran, x Iraq, 7, 49, 52, 132 Iriomote Island, 79, 85 Ishigaki, 3 4, 29, 80 81, 83 85, 87, 94 Ishihara, Shintaro, 9 Iju, Naoya, 65, Ikeda, Katsunori, 65 Ishihara, Shintaro, 9, 74, 90 Ito, Nobuo, 13 Itokazu, Keiko, 22 Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station, 11, 28, 31, 52, 57, 71 Iwo Jima, 6, 57 Japan, Japanese, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 12, 20, 21, 23, 25 27, 29 31, 35 40, 42, 52, 55, 59, 63 67, 70, 71, 74 76, 79, 80, 88 89, 101, 103, 119, 131 Article Nine, peace constitution, 4, 11, 12 13, 22, 23, 92, 132 Coast Guard, 9, 57, 80, 84 85, 87, 90 elections, lower house, 30 investment, aid for Okinawa, 19, 26, 28, 34, 37 39, 41 43, 45, 67 69, 93, 132 Japan Communist Party, 22, 23, 60, 63 Japan Defense Agency, 34 Japanese imperial army, defenses, forces, 2, 3, 6, 7, 12, 21, 26 27, 30, 31, 89 92, , 111, 119, 121, 124, 129 rule over Korea, Jeju, 24, 124, 129 rule over Okinawa, 4 9, 13, 16, 22, 24, 40, 41 43, 48, 55, 67, 68, 89, 131, 132 Self Defense Forces (SDF), 11, 12, 23, 57, 69, 70, 80, 84, 85, 92 Tokyo, 5, 9, 23, 26 29, 40 42, 44, 45, 48, 49, 53 57, 59, 63, 64, 66, 71, 74 76, 79, 82, 84, 89, 90, 132 U.S. Japan alliance, treaty, agreements, 8 10, 20, 22, 28, 29, 34, 36, 46, 48, 49, 51, 65 66, 69, 74 76, 81 83, 89, 90, 92, 101, 102, 132 Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, 13 16, 34, 98, 111 apology, 104, 118

10 144 Index Jeju Special Self-Governing Province continued comparisons with Okinawa, 14, 36, , 108, , 117, island of peace, 15, , 98, 103, 107, 108, 118, 119 Jeju City, 110, 112, 115 Jeju uprising, revolt, 13 14, 104, 110, 115, , , 125, 130, 134 tourism, Olle trails, 14,16, , 112, 118, 132 U.S. occupation, Military Administration, role, Jeju naval base, Civilian-Military Port (CMPC), 14, 15 16, , 103, 109, 115, 119, , 125, 132 protests, demonstrations, 16, 36, , 112, 120 environment, 14, 87, , 102, , 110, 117, Jeju University, 107, 118 Jeju Weekly, The, 103, 110, 112, 124 Jun, Daniel, Kadena Air Base, x, 4, 7, 23, 28, 45, 52, 53, 55 57, 59, 69 Gate Two, Gate Two Street, 19, 20, 21 plane-watchers, 59 Special Olympics, 56 town, 23, 28, 53, 58 Kagoshima City, prefecture, 3, 40, 45, 133 Kang Jae-jun, Kaori Café, 21 Katz, Richard, Kawamura, Kazuhisa, Kim Chang-hoo, Kim Chung-min, 125 Kim Dae-jung (DJ), 108, 112, 120, 123 Kim Jong-un, 83 Kim Jang-min, Kim Kwan-ho, , 125 Kim Sang-oh, Kim Sung-hwan, Kim Tae-yop, Kin Town, AJ s, 87 Howlers, 86 Kazu tattoo, Macho Bar, 86 Rock America, 86 White Kitten, 86 Kim Young-sam (YS), 123 Kishida, Fumio, 11 Kishimoto, Yasutaka, Ko Chang-hun, Ko Young-chul, 118 Kobashikawa, Kosaburo, 84 Kochi Prefecture, 68 Koga, Tatsuhiro, 82 Koh Gil-chun, 103 Korea, Korean peninsula, 5, 10, 15 constitution, elections, 123 Demilitarized Zone, 83, 119 Japanese rule, 24, 111 Korea Power Exchange, 129 Korean War, 7, 14, 102, , 119 Labor Party (South Korea), 104 Ministry of National Defense, defense ministry (MND), 99 North Korea (DPRK), ix x, 14, 15, 24, 27, 35, 42, 50, 51 52, 57, 59 60, 70, 72, 76, 83, 87, 90, 103, 105, 106, 108, 109, 115, 124, 131 people, 6 South Korea (ROK), 10, 13 15, 27, 36, 83, 90, 98, , 104, 108, 109, 115, , 121, 129, 131, 124 Seoul, 83, 98, 104, 106, , 123, 125, 129 U.S. Korean defense treaty, exercises, 83, 102, 103 Kubo, Satoru, Kurihara family, 82 Kyoda, Hiromi and Masayoshi, Kyoten Family Store, 38 Kyushu, 3, 42, 75, 88, 133 Laos, 7 Lee Myung-bak, 112, 120 Lee Young-chan, 106

11 Index 145 Li Guoqiang, 88 Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP), 26, 30, 31 Lippert, Mark, 48 Luo Yuan, 88, 131 Malaysia, 9 MacArthur, General Douglas, 4, 13, 92 Malaysia, 28, 50 Mao Zedong, 29 Marine Expeditionary Force, 49, 51 Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), 50, 51, 52 Third Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF), 49 unit deployment program (UDP), 52 Maryknoll order, 101 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 102 Matayoshi, Susumu, 48 Meiji, Emperor, 55 Ming dynasty, 9 Minju Dang (Democratic Party), Miyagi, Hinata, 25 Miyagi, Kyoko, 2, 3, 6 Miyata, Akemi, 23 monorail, 26, 41, 67 Morine, Hitoshi, 57 58, 59 Morita, Haruo, Motobu Peninsula 92 Mount Gusuku, 92 Mount Halla, 14, 102, 123, 129, 134 Mun Jeong-hyeon, 101, 108 Nagamine, Shoei, 13 Nagasaki, 6, 7, 76 Nago City, 11, 28, 34, 36 37, 39, Naha, 2, 22, 26, 37, 39, 41, 42 44, 48, 53, 54, 64, 68 69, 70, 73, 80, 84, 87, 129, 133 port, airport, 26, 41, 43, 44, 69 Nakaima, Hirozaku, 11, 66 Nakama, Kiyomitsu, 20, 21 Nakasone, Hiroshi, Naktong River, 105 Namro (Workers ) Party,124 National Agricultural Federation, 117 National Assembly, 120 National Defense Academy, National Institute for Defense Studies, 91 Nishihara, Masashi, 90 Noda, Yoshihiko, 9, 27, 30, 31, 73 North Korea, see Korea Northeast Asia, xi, 14, 31, 51, 90, 108, 130 Northern Limit Line, 14 nuclear issue, nukes power (electrical), 21, 27, 49, 129 strikes, tests, warheads, weapons, x, 22, 51, 59, 76, 83, 90 91, 112, 115, 119, 131 vessels, submarines, 103 Obama, Barack, Oh Do-jin, Okada, Yoshio, 24 Okinawa City, 19, 20 economy, 28, demonstrations, 2, , 21, 35 37, 60, 65, 66 Island, x, 2 4, 23, 34, 85 marathon, 56 people, populism, culture, 4 7,10, 16, 19, 20, 22, 31, 36, 40, 44, 45, 48, 52 54, 70, 73, 75, 93 94, 132 Prefectural assembly, 22, 36, 65 Prefecture, 3, 20, 23, 36, 44, 79, 88, 129, 133 reversion, 4, 8, 10, 19, 20 23, 25, 28, 29, 38, 42, 55, 64, 67, 68, 76, 81, 89, 90 U.S. bases, see U.S. forces, bases Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB), 54 57, 59 Okinawa Kokusei (International) University, 71 Okinawa Peace Action Center, 23 Okinawa People s Party, 22 Okinawa Times, 52, 55, 75

12 146 Index Okinawa Women Act Against Military Violence, 8 Okubo, Yasuhiro, 23 Olle trails, see Jeju, tourism Onishi, Teruo, 36 Operation Tomodachi, 49 Oriental Economist Report, The, 89 Osaka, 42, 44, 74, 86, 103 Osan Air Base, 83 Ota, Masahide, 64, 70 71, 74 anti-bases referendum, 64 Owan, Hiroko, 21 Paracel Islands, 8 Pacific (Ocean), 4, 6, 16, 25, 49, 53, 93, 108, 115, 119 Pacific War, see World War II Paco Booyah, Park Chung-hee, 102, 123 Park Geun-hye, 102 Patriot missiles, PAC-3 missiles, 22 23, 56, 103 Peace Activities Center, 60 Peace Forum, 22 Peace Network, 60 Peace Park Memorial, 104, 123, 129 Pearl Harbor, 5, 27, 75, 102 People s Daily, Perry, Commodore Matthew, Persian Gulf, 7, 10 Philippines, 7, 9, 10, 28, 50, 51, 58, 74 U.S. bases, 7 Pinnacle Islands, see Senkaku Potsdam Declaration, 88 Princess Lily Corps, see Himeyuri Pyle, Ernie, 93, 133 Rand Corporation, Pentagon study, Rhee Seung-man, aka Syngman Rhee, 124 Rice, Condoleezza, 8 Rinken, Teruya; Rinken Band, 40 Rodong Sinmun, 83 Roh Moo-hyun, 104, 108, 111, 112, 118, 120 Roh Tae-woo, 123 Russia, 44, 92 Ryukyu Islands, x, 3, 5, 15 16, 24, 74, 85, 88 89, 94, 131 Ryukyu kingdom, nation, 5, 19, 20, 23, 31, 40, 42, 55, 66 68, 70, 71, 79, 81, 88, 131, 132 Ryukyu Shimpo, 52, 55, 73, 74 Sakihara, Mitsugu, 64 Sakima, Atsushi, Samsung Construction and Technology, 100, 116 Santa Monica, 74 Sasam, see Jeju uprising Sasebo, 76 Satsuma clan, 40, 42, 45, 67 Scarborough Shoal (Huangyan Island), 50 Sea of Japan (East Sea), 44, 68 Sea Knights, see CH46 Sendai, 49 Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu, Diaoyutai, Pinnacle Islands), 3 5, 8 11, 13, 20, 22, 23, 27 31, 44, 52, 53, 57, 59, 65, 70, 72, 74, 76, 79 94, 89, 131 fishing incidents, 9, 23, 84 Minami-Kojima Island, 81 Uotsuri Island, 80, 85 wildlife, Shanghai, 44, 83 Shikoku, 42, 68, 88 Shimane Prefecture, 68 Shin Yong-in, 107 Singapore, 41, 79, 108 Shinzato, Yonekichi, 22 Shuri Castle, 41, 67 Sino-Japanese War, 74, 81 Social Democratic Party, 11, 22, 63 Socotra Rock, see Ieodo Soegwipo, 110, 115 Song Kang-ho, 103, South China Sea, 8, 10, 28, 50, 53, 72, 108 South Cholla Province, 111, 122, 134 Southeast Asia, 36, 43 45, 51, 53, 68, 82

13 Index 147 Soviet Union, 72, 125 Spanish-American War, Special Action Committee on Okinawa (SACO), 64, 73 Spratly Islands, 9, 50, 53 Stars and Stripes, 66 Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), 102 Steinem, Gloria, 103, 121 Stone, Oliver, 74 75, 103, 121 Straits of Malacca, 108 Subic Bay Naval Base, 7, 50 Suncheon, 124 Sunshine policy, 108, 112 Suyan, see Ieodo Rock Syria, x Taiwan, 3 4, 9, 29 30, 44, 50, 51, 53, 72, 74, 79, 81 85, 88, 122 Taipei, 4, 9, 81, 84, 85 Taiwan straits, 72 Takamizawa, Nobushige, Takimoto, Takami, Takoshi, Chojin, 19 Tanaka, Kakuei, 29 Tanikawa, Miki, 27 Teruya, Kinichi, Teruya, Rinsuke, 40 Thacker, Todd, 110 Thailand, 10, 43, 50, 51 U.S. bases, 7 Thayer, Carlyle, 10 Tokashiki, Yoshi, 3 6 Tommy s Watch Shop, 19 Toucheng, 81 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), 83 Truman, President Harry S, 88 atomic bombing, 6 7 Uchihara, Yasushi, 41 42, 44, 45 United Nations, 9, 23, 131 United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE), 81 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 112 United States, 4, 5, 7, 13, 15, 19, 22, 23, 26, 34, 35, 41, 43, 45, 49, 50, 55, 70, 98, 115 U.S. Japan alliance, treaty, agreement, 8 10, 20, 22, 28, 34, 36, 46, 48, 49, 51, 65, 66, 69, 74 76, 81 83, 89 92, 101, 132 U.S. occupation, Military Administration, Korea, U.S. policy, pivot, 27 30, 40 42, 51, 52, 74, 75, 82 83, 88, 90, 92, 103, University of Heidelberg, 109 University of the Ryukyus, 25 Up-Kitty shop, restaurant, Urauchi River, 85 U.S. forces, 12, 19, 20, 23, 41, 46, 48, 49 air force, 11, 49, 53 56, 76, 87 bases, ix, x, 2, 10, 13, 19, 22, 24, 26 27, 42 43, 64, 66, 83, 103, 115, 119 coast guard, 50 crimes, rapes, offenses, 6, 8, 19, 21, 36, 37, 39, 52, 55, 64, 65, 70 71, 73 marine corps, marines, 2, 3, 6, 34, 35, 37, 39, 46, 49, 50, 52, 56, 57, 60, 73, 75, 76, 87 military exercises, 10, 34, 50, 54, 83, navy, 10, 43, 115 noise, noise pollution, 11, 25, 26, 31, 36 39, 52, 54 58, 63, 65, 75 USS George Washington, 10 Uza, Yoneko, 58 Vietnam, Vietnam War, era, 7 9, 12, 28, 36, 39, 50, 102 Wall Street Journal, The, 8 Wando, 108, 34 White House, 46, 82 Whiteman Air Force Base, 83 Workers Party, DPRK, 83 World Cup 2002 soccer finals, 14

14 148 Index World Heritage Committee, UNESCO, 112 World War II, 2, 4, 10, 12, 21, 24, 25, 31, 40 42, 46, 67, 93, 122, 129 Yaeyama Islands, 79, 85 Yamaguchi, Ryoko, 35 Yamashiro, Hiroharu, 21 Yamashiro, Hiroji, Yamauchi, Masamori, 86 Yara, Tomohiro, Yellow Sea, 8, 14, 15, 27, 108, 119 Yeosu, Yeosu-Suncheon uprising, 134 Yilan County, 81 Yokosuke Navy Base, 52 Yokota Air Base, 52, 59 Yongpyeong Island, 15 Yonaguni Island, 85 Yoshihama, Shinobu, Yoshikawa, Yukie, 48 Yoyogi-koen (park), 23 Zelter, Angie, 103 Zhang Haipeng, 88 Zhou Enlai, 29

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