Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki, speaking after a meeting with U.S. State and Defense Department officials in Washington, in which he asked the U.S. to take stronger measures to prevent further sexual assaults by U.S. military personnel in the prefecture and to bolster information sharing.
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I think the U.S. side recognized the seriousness of the situation in Okinawa.
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TaiwanIsNotChina
Yes the serious situation of troublemakers trying to prevent base relocation.
Peter Neil
and the serious situation of people who have probably never been to okinawa…
TaiwanIsNotChina
There are 8 billion people on the planet. Not everyone is going to be able to visit okinawa.
Droll Quarry
The military presence on Okinawa is what keeps the Okinawa government in power. Okinawa's huge southern neighbor keeps funneling money into political parties, newspapers and television to ensure the people are fed a steady diet of misinformation and hyped drum beats. Okinawa has a political machine in place that rivels any third world dictator and is more than willing to disfranchise the population in order to stay in power.
Mocheake
They recognized the seriousness long ago. All governors need to realize that, like in EVERY place in the world, these crimes are going to happen and it is IMPOSSIBLE to police everyone. It is unfortunate but a fact of life. If the bases were actually removed, what platform would the next governor would run on? Remembering the crimes committed by the military that used to be there? How about trying to raise the living standard. These guys, from Ohta to Tamaki are just panderers.