Okinawa Culture in Japan: Shisa Continue to Protect from Evil Spirits Tomoko Hara and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Modern day Okinawa (Ryukyu) still manages to preserve many special cultural traits despite the power of Japanese culture impacting greatly. Indeed, many mainland Japanese nationals who have relocated to this part of Japan have also [...]
US and Japan holding military exercises: People of Okinawa are being marginalized Joachim de Villiers, Hiroshi Saito and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The United States and Japan are currently holding military exercises which will last until November 16. Yet the biennial military exercise called Keen Sword appears to show a lack of sensitivity [...]
Japan and China and the Senkaku/Diaoyu dispute witnesses a quiet America Pierre Leblanc and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The United States under President Obama is at pains to distance itself from the ongoing and never ending saga of Senkaku/Diaoyu. Japan and China continue to clash over this issue and Taiwan is also waiting [...]
Japan and America agree to move forward on the Okinawa military issue James Jomo, Jay Doggett and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Okinawa military issue is complex because of so many viewpoints but gradually Japan and America are working out a solution. More work needs to be done to solve the issue in [...]
Okinawa and the delicate relationship with mainland Japan and America Joachim de Villiers and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times In history the Okinawan people were independent and traded openly throughout the region and they preserved their own distinctive culture, language, religion, and other aspects of culture. However, like many smaller ethnic groups the history [...]
Japan, Tokyo By Bruce Klingner The Heritage Foundation U.S. officials express greater optimism about Japanese stewardship under Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda than under his lackluster predecessors. The DPJ abandoned the naïve foreign and security policies of the Hatoyama administration after Chinese and North Korean belligerence underscored the wisdom of a strong alliance with the [...]
United States Affirms Military Realignment Plan in Japan Bruce Klingner The Foundry The Heritage Foundation During bilateral security talks, Washington and Tokyo affirmed their commitment to the 2009 bilateral Guam Agreement, which delineates the planned realignment of U.S. military forces in Japan. The June 21 Security Consultative Talks—comprised of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Secretary [...]
The U.S. Needs a Real Partner in the New Japanese Prime Minister By Bruce Klingner and Derek Scissors, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation As dependable as the tide, a new prime minister has washed ashore in Japan. Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda is the latest iteration of what has become an annual ritual of Japanese leadership change. [...]
The U.S. Needs a Real Partner in the New Japanese Prime Minister By Bruce Klingner and Derek Scissors, Ph.D. The Heritage Foundation As dependable as the tide, a new prime minister has washed ashore in Japan. Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda is the latest iteration of what has become an annual ritual of Japanese leadership change. [...]
Top 10 Reasons Why the U.S. Marines on Okinawa Are Essential to Peace and Security in the Pacific By Bruce Klingner The Heritage Foundation Abstract: Two factors have driven the debate over the planned U.S. military realignment in Japan: campaign pledges made by the Democratic Party of Japan and complaints from Okinawans about the presence [...]
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