- 28 Dec 2017 01:12
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The problems associated with the deployment of the US Armed Forces in Japan have long been the most significant obstacle in US-Japanese relations. This is due in large part to the fact that US military commit a large number of crimes.
For example, local residents of Okinawa do not agree with the American presence on the island. The other day they held a demonstration against the construction of a US military airfield. The Japanese are also unhappy with the discipline of US military bases servicemen who allow themselves to be unlawfully acted against civilians.
According to the leadership of the prefecture, 26 thousand US soldiers serve in Okinawa. The discontent of local residents with the presence of Americans increases year by year. The Japanese are outraged by the construction of US military airfields on the island and the behavior of soldiers from the United States. Every month dozens of incidents involving the US military occur in Okinawa. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan recorded over 4,700 crimes committed by US soldiers during their stay on the island.
There are still local residents protests against the functioning of existing bases. Sometimes they do bring results. For example, the Futenma base was decided to move from the city of Ginowan, where it is located in blocks of residential buildings, to the less populated resort area of Henoko after a series of proceedings. However, it will be necessary to cover about 157 hectares of coastal sea band to transfer the airbase that will lead to damage to coral reefs.
Nevertheless, the Japanese islanders are protesting not only against Futenma. In early February 2017, Okinawa residents gathered at the gates of the Camp-Schwab military base, setting up a sit-in demonstration in connection with the resumption of construction work at the site of the future US military aerodrome near the coast of the island.
We can not forgive the government, which is trying to burden the residents of Okinawa Prefecture, who suffered 70 years after the war, with military bases for another hundred years," - said Mayor of the city of Nago Susumu Inamine.
According to a poll by The Economist, 84% of the population of the Japanese island of Okinawa opposed the construction of the base on its territory.
A number of incidents through the fault of the US military exacerbated the problem of the US military presence. As a result, the command of the US Armed Forces in Japan imposed a curfew and a dry law for all military personnel, as well as civil servants of US bases. However, this seems to be not enough for the Japanese, and the decision to transfer the territory under the control of Tokyo can be considered a serious weakening of Washington's positions.
For example, local residents of Okinawa do not agree with the American presence on the island. The other day they held a demonstration against the construction of a US military airfield. The Japanese are also unhappy with the discipline of US military bases servicemen who allow themselves to be unlawfully acted against civilians.
According to the leadership of the prefecture, 26 thousand US soldiers serve in Okinawa. The discontent of local residents with the presence of Americans increases year by year. The Japanese are outraged by the construction of US military airfields on the island and the behavior of soldiers from the United States. Every month dozens of incidents involving the US military occur in Okinawa. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan recorded over 4,700 crimes committed by US soldiers during their stay on the island.
There are still local residents protests against the functioning of existing bases. Sometimes they do bring results. For example, the Futenma base was decided to move from the city of Ginowan, where it is located in blocks of residential buildings, to the less populated resort area of Henoko after a series of proceedings. However, it will be necessary to cover about 157 hectares of coastal sea band to transfer the airbase that will lead to damage to coral reefs.
Nevertheless, the Japanese islanders are protesting not only against Futenma. In early February 2017, Okinawa residents gathered at the gates of the Camp-Schwab military base, setting up a sit-in demonstration in connection with the resumption of construction work at the site of the future US military aerodrome near the coast of the island.
We can not forgive the government, which is trying to burden the residents of Okinawa Prefecture, who suffered 70 years after the war, with military bases for another hundred years," - said Mayor of the city of Nago Susumu Inamine.
According to a poll by The Economist, 84% of the population of the Japanese island of Okinawa opposed the construction of the base on its territory.
A number of incidents through the fault of the US military exacerbated the problem of the US military presence. As a result, the command of the US Armed Forces in Japan imposed a curfew and a dry law for all military personnel, as well as civil servants of US bases. However, this seems to be not enough for the Japanese, and the decision to transfer the territory under the control of Tokyo can be considered a serious weakening of Washington's positions.
- By QatzelOk
- By wat0n