@Nonog
"Chinese officials and state media...have highlighted [#Okinawa's] close historical ties to Chinese civilization, echoing the claims of Okinawa’s small independence movement."
https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/japanese-island-okinawa-caught-middle-us-china-tensions
"As...the possibility of a conflict with the US rises, Beijing increasingly needs a path through the first island chain...the string of islands, small and large, including Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands..."
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/07/okinawa-japan-china-us-bases-soft-power/
🔸Repeating the "Great Game" with new players🙄

"...the situation is especially serious in #Okinawa Prefecture, with one health care expert saying, "The medical system could collapse as early as next week..." (24 Jun 2023) #CovidIsNotOver #Japan
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230624/p2a/00m/0na/013000c

Photo kept by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, dated Oct. 23, 1962, shows an MK-28 hydrogen bomb being transported to an aircraft for loading at Kadena Air Base on #Okinawa

#Japan #nuclear #NuclearWeapon #ColdWarHist

My #introduction: Japan, born in #Okinawa, studied #Library and Information, #sysrev in japanese. Worked as an academic #librarian.
Looking forward to meeting you all

#Firefightingwater with #PFAS leaked from a #USmilitary #storagefacility in #Okinawa

https://newstarget.com/2021-07-08-chemicals-leak-us-base-okinawa-threaten-residents.html