tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65781975367642744002024-03-23T03:14:46.324-07:00US for OkinawaUS for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-40394214249443530692011-11-07T20:45:00.000-08:002011-11-07T20:49:46.696-08:00Moving Futenma ... ?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSeRhfBP9O0j5v3BFfDVaJZeiNv65opCvAlbOZBhklYGTjYs_wlwlMilQfcuCO_7P814y_6SaOA6wyleXjfDhRemlGEVp-0Ts1wDCMmsoHDQoOb2nrhEoeoS68OPuRd_gipZPDnwK4wI/s1600/Henoko_Map.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 369px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSeRhfBP9O0j5v3BFfDVaJZeiNv65opCvAlbOZBhklYGTjYs_wlwlMilQfcuCO_7P814y_6SaOA6wyleXjfDhRemlGEVp-0Ts1wDCMmsoHDQoOb2nrhEoeoS68OPuRd_gipZPDnwK4wI/s400/Henoko_Map.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672482578443540914" /></a><br />The original sin within Futenma<br /><br />When U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta came to Japan last month, the first thing he did was to urge Tokyo to move ahead with the relocation of Futenma Air Base from overcrowded Ginowan City to Henoko in northern Okinawa Island. It was an international agreement, he might insist, so that he would be justified to press Tokyo to expedite its early implementation. <br /><br />But would he? On what legal and moral basis does he think the U.S. can demand Futenma's function be moved to Henoko with the increased function and capability the Marines have entertained to realize SINCE the 1960's? Probably, he might answer that the Henoko relocation is legitimate because it will be carried out in line with the bilateral agreement (the 2006 Roadmap) and that it is morally justified because the relocation will eliminate a highly dangerous situation under which Ginowan citizens are obliged to live their daily life.<br /><br />This argument may sound rational at first glance. However, what one should never forget is that Futenma Air Base was originally constructed on illegally confiscated land during the Battle of Okinawa and afterwards. Private lands were encroached upon with impunity while area residents were herded into concentration camps. There were five villages there which together with two other villages constituted Ginowan Village (now Ginowan City) with a joint population of more than 12,000. The encroachment of land as well as the construction of the base were carried out in clear violation of an international law (Article 46 of the Hague Convention) and, above all, universal moral principles.<br /><br />The U.S.'s "taken-for-granted" rights to the land where Futenma Air Base sits is thus like a fence's putative rights to stolen goods. Certainly, the U.S. cannot demand Futenma's replacement in exchange for such stolen goods. Dealing stolen goods is severely punished by law in any country, Japan or the U.S. The bilateral agreement is thus completely void in this sense.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Yoshio Shimoji<br /><br />Naha, Okinawa<br /><br />JapanUS for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-62475036065872639752011-10-02T17:58:00.000-07:002011-10-02T18:18:12.591-07:00A letter to the New York Times... close Futenma!<span style="font-weight:bold;">Close the Futenma Air Station immediately with no strings attached<br /><br />Submitted to The New York Times September 16, 2011; The Japan Times September 20, 2011; The Washington Post September 26, 2011<br /> <br />Albeit knowing there's a strong local opposition, Washington cunningly cajoled Tokyo into agreeing to relocate the Futenma Air Station to Henoko, Nago in northern Okinawa. It was a government-to-government agreement and so Tokyo has every bit of international obligation to carry out the agreed-upon relocation plan as soon as possible, insists Washington.<br /> <br />Less than two months ago, former Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa and the newly appointed U.S. Defense Minister Leon Panetta reaffirmed that "Tokyo and Washington will move forward with the plan to relocate the controversial Futenma base within Okinawa."<br /><br />Last week (September 7), the Noda cabinet's newly-installed Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba made an inaugural telephone call to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in which he assured her that Japan would "stick to the accord reached last year to relocate" Futenma to Henoko.<br /><br />Gemba also said at his inaugural news conference that he would do his best to persuade Okinawa residents to accept the bilateral accord. How would he do it? By lavishly bribing Henoko, Nago City residents into consenting? Or else, Tokyo would probably have to resort to police force, invoking state power and thus causing bloodshed and social turmoil. By coercing Tokyo this way, Washington is actually instigating these dirty tactics, and would repeat its stock phrase: "It's Japan's domestic problem that has nothing to do with the U.S." A great democracy, indeed.<br /><br />The meeting in New York on Wednesday (September 21) between Japan's new Prime Minister Toshihiko Noda and U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly session was the culmination of an array of such reassurance and confirmations. Noda assured Obama that he would do his utmost to implement the 2006 accord between Tokyo and Washington.<br /><br />Futenma was constructed toward the end of WW II with an aim of attacking mainland Japan by B-29's in order to end the war quickly. But the war ended before that plan was actually carried out. Futenma should have been returned at that point; instead, it has continued to be in the firm grip of the U.S. military all these years to this day. <br /><br />The U.S. military seized the land in clear violation of Article 46 of the Hague Convention, which states: "Family honour and rights, the lives of persons, and private property, as well as religious convictions and practice, must be respected. Private property cannot be confiscated." <br /><br />There are more than 3 thousand so-called "military-land owners" for the Futenma Air Station. This figure tells everything about its history, that is, how it came into being. Futenma was constructed, while area residents were still herded into concentration camps during the ongoing Battle of Okinawa and after in the freely encroached-upon area where there were five idyllic villages with a joint population of more than 12 thousand.<br /><br />Other U.S. bases in Okinawa, 33 in all, have more or less a similar history. In the 1950's additional land was requisitioned at bayonet point and by bulldozer to expand already existing bases. Take Iejima, for instance. Jon Mitchell writes in his recent article in The Japan Times: "With all of Okinawa under U.S. administration, the authorities started by tricking the landowners (in Iejima) into signing voluntary evacuation papers... But then, when some families refused to leave, 300 U.S. soldiers with rifles and bulldozers dragged women and children from their beds, tore down their homes and slaughtered their goats." ("Iejima: an island of resistance," May 22, 2011 Japan Times)<br /><br />The illegality and immorality of Futenma would not disappear even if it were to be moved to Henoko or anywhere else in Okinawa just like dirty money would not become clean how many times it might undergo laundering. <br /><br />Both governments, especially Washington, must realize this and search for an alternative solution, that is, to move it outside of Okinawa, most preferably, to the U.S. mainland. The Marines themselves may have known the criminality of their base, for they already had a blueprint for constructing a new base in Henoko in the 1960's which is strikingly similar to today's relocation plan.<br /><br />I repeat: Close the Futenma Air Station immediately with no strings attached. Move it to the U.S. mainland. There's no obligation for the Japanese taxpayers, Okinawa residents in particular, to foot all the bills for reclaiming the pristine coastal waters off Henoko and constructing a new, advanced base complex including military port facilities for the U.S. Marines. <br /> <br /><br />Yoshio Shimoji<br /><br />Naha City, Okinawa<br /><br />Japan<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span></span>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-45952824541196772982011-02-24T14:51:00.000-08:002011-02-24T14:53:11.045-08:00US for OKINAWA statement on Takae<meta equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 3.2 (Win32)"><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> </style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;">February 23, 2011</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="CENTER"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"><b>US for OKINAWA Statement </b></span> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="CENTER">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="CENTER"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"><b>WWF-Japan and JUCON (Japan-US Citizens for Okinawa Network) Press Conference: </b></span> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="CENTER"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>Halt the Construction of U.S. Military Helicopter Landing Pads that Destroy Biodiversity and Threaten Local Residents</b></i></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;">Needless to say, as an American citizen, I find it ironic that at a time when the government of my country is urging countries in the Middle East to respect democracy, it is continuing to collude with the Japanese government to deny the people of Okinawa their right to the same.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;">Under the cloak of “lightening” the burden of military bases on Okinawa, Washington and Tokyo have promised to give back a portion of the land that has been appropriated from Okinawa in exchange for building a U.S. megabase in Henoko and 6 more large helicopter landing pads in Takae. Both of these areas have fragile biodiversity found only in Okinawa that will inevitably suffer great destruction as a result of these plans.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;">To us, the promise being made to Okinawa sounds like telling a man you will give him back an arm you have cut off only as long as you can remove his leg. How can the U.S. administration ask Okinawa to accept this kind of outrageous demand, when Americans—myself included—would never allow it? How can Tokyo politicians and officials call for this when they know people in mainland Japan would reject? Why is the voice of Okinawans not being reflected in Washington-Tokyo policies?</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;">Another guise being used in this issue is the threat of North Korea. The U.S. has more than 800 military bases around the world, a stockpile of nearly 10,000 nuclear weapons, countless conventional weapons, and the largest navy in the world. American navy battle fleet tonnage greater than that of the next 13 largest navies alone combine<span style="text-decoration: none;">d. And yet, we are expected to believe that we can't face North Korea—an impoverished country smaller than many U.S. states that doesn't have a single military base outside of its border--without the construction of yet more helipads in Takae and an immense base in Henoko. </span></span> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;">Clearly, the greatest threat in this matter is not arising from North Korea. On the contrary, it comes from officials in Washington and Tokyo who are flagrantly violating democracy; who are willing to destroy yet more of the Earth's biodiversity at a time when we are starting to keenly realize how much we need it to survive as a species ourselves; who are generating more unnecessary military buildup that profits a few while the health, education and other social structures of the rest of us crumble.</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman, serif;">As a representative of U.S. and other citizens from around the world, I call for an end to the irresponsible actions of these American and Japanese officials. It's time for them to start carrying out their duty as representatives in service of democracy, as well as of peace and regional and global sustainability. Clearly, people worldwide are calling for new changes to old harmful policies, and the time has come for Washington and Tokyo to begin listening. Build peace, not more helipads in Okinawa.</span></p> US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-46518383566528879962011-01-03T17:57:00.000-08:002011-01-03T18:06:26.055-08:00Join the action to protect the biodiversity of Takae<h3 class="post-title entry-title"> Please Join Action for Takae at US Embassy! 高江ヘリパッド工事強行とテント損壊事件についてアメリカ大使館への抗議と申し入れへの呼びかけ </h3> <div class="post-header"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >(日本語では<a href="http://takae.ti-da.net/e3296164.html">こちら</a>をご覧ください。)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><strong>Please Join Us in Our Action for Preserving the Pristine Yanbaru Forest and People of Takae, Okinawa! </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><strong>We invite you to join us in our protest at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over the restart of the U.S. helipads construction in Takae, Higashi Village of Okinawa, and the destruction of the sit-in tent by a U.S. helicopter, either by sending us your message/request to the US Embassy by email by January 8, or physically joining our action on January 10 in Tokyo (see instruction at the bottom). </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >The Yambaru Forest is a habitat for endangered species such as Yambaru Kuina (Okinawan Rail) and Noguchi Gera (Okinawan Woodpecker). It is known internationally as a region rich in biodiversity. Takae, situated in Yambaru, is a small village of about 160 residents, including many who moved here for its pristine nature. </span></div><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >However, the U.S. Marine Corps has been using the Yambaru Forest for combat training. In 1957, th US military started using the area as “Northern Training Area” (Jungle Warfare Training Center), and currently there are 15 U.S. helicopter takeoff and landing zones (helipads) in Higashi Village. Residents of Takae have constantly suffered from the noise and the risk of helicopter crashes. To make matters worse, the Japanese and US governments decided to build 6 new helipads, surrounding the residential neighborhood of Takae. </span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Construction of new helipads will not only further endanger the livelihood and lives themselves of Takae residents, but also further destroy the precious environment with its wealth of species, forest and rivers. New military facilities also pave the way to the possibility of a new war. Residents of Takae have protested against the helipads construction for the above reasons. In 2006, we passed a resolution against the new helipads, and demanded of the relevant authorities that they review the construction plan. Takae residents and their supporters from across Japan and from around the world have continued to sit-in, monitoring the site and trying to persuade the government against the construction. </span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >The Japanese and US governments, however, have not listened to the voices of opposition by the residents, and have not provided sincere explanation or proper opportunities for public hearing. The Japanese government even decided, all of a sudden, to prosecute some of the local protesters for obstructing traffic. </span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Just before dawn on December 22, 2010, at 6:30 AM, some 100 members of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, ignoring the ongoing court proceedings, barged into the site without warning to restart the helipad construction. On the next night, December 23rd, a US helicopter hovered only 15 meters above the sit-in tent, causing the tent to blow down. Such military exercise over a public road threatens the safety of local residents. The Japanese and US governments are harming the people of Takae by forcing through the construction work without sufficient explanation or consent by local residents. Such an approach by the two governments is unacceptable. </span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Residents of the Henoko district in Nago City, where the Japanese and US governments plan to build a replacement base for MCAS Futenma, have also been sitting-in for over 2,400 days, in order to preserve their life and the beautiful ocean. We urge you also to say “NO” to the new base plan in Henoko. </span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Following our protest to the Ministry of Defense on December 22 and the December 26 demonstration in Shinjuku, “Save Takae/Okinawa – an urgent appeal and demonstration against construction of helipads,” we will go to the US Embassy in Tokyo and the Japanese Ministry of Defense on January 10 (Mon.), 2011, to protest. We would like to collect as many requests/demands as possible and deliver them to the US government. We accept both individual and organizational messages. Just one sentence message, such as “We do not need US helipads in the pristine forest” will suffice, or a longer message is welcome too. The Takae and Henoko issues are not just about war and military bases, but they are also about environmental preservation, biological diversity, and an alternative, “slow-life” lifestyle. Please express your message in your own words. Please follow the below instruction and send your message by January 8, 2011. </span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >With our voices and with our actions, let us stop the helipad construction in Takae, and the base construction in Henoko. Let us bring a peaceful and fulfilling life to Takae and Henoko! </span><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >(The original document in Japanese is at: <a href="http://takae.ti-da.net/e3296164.html">http://takae.ti-da.net/e3296164.html</a>. Translated by Norimatsu Satoko and Gavan McCormack) </span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><strong>★Email your message/request to: </strong><a href="mailto:no.base.okinawa@gmail.com"><strong>no.base.okinawa@gmail.com</strong></a><strong> </strong></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><strong>Please include in your email the following information: </strong></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><strong>*** Name (for an individual) or name of your organization</strong></span><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><strong>*** Your message/request (length is up to you) </strong></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><strong>Both Japanese and English messages will be accepted. </strong></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><strong>Deadline: January 8 (Sat.), 2011</strong></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >★<strong>If you can physically join our action at the US Embassy, please meet us in front of Toranomon JT building, at 3 PM on January 10, 2011. (Take Exit 3 of Subway Ginza Line “Toranomon” station. Walk four minutes straight on Sotobori Street, towards Tameike Sanno). We particularly appreciate participation of people from US! </strong></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Address: Toranomon JT Building, 2-1, 2 chome, Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo – see <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E6%B8%AF%E5%8C%BA%E8%99%8E%E3%83%8E%E9%96%80+2-2-1&rls=com.microsoft:ja:IE-SearchBox&oe=&rlz=1I7RNTN_ja&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC,+%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E6%B8%AF%E5%8C%BA%E8%99%8E%E3%83%8E%E9%96%80%EF%BC%92%E4%B8%81%E7%9B%AE%EF%BC%92%E2%88%92%EF%BC%91&ei=cXMgTdPlCJCusAO50fDICg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ8gEwAA">MAP here.</a> </span><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Address in Japanese: 2011年1月10日(月・休)15時 虎ノ門JTビル前集合</span><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >(地下鉄銀座線「虎ノ門駅」3番出口より、外堀通りを溜池山王方面へ直進、徒歩4分)</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Organizer: Okinawa o fuminijiruna (Do not trample on Okinawa!) Urgent Action Committee; Yuntaku Takae; Okinawa One-tsubo Anti-war Landowners Association Kanto Bloc (URLs below)</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >呼びかけ:沖縄を踏みにじるな!緊急アクション実行委員会(新宿ど真ん中デモ)</span><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><a href="http://d.hatena.ne.jp/hansentoteikounofesta09/">http://d.hatena.ne.jp/hansentoteikounofesta09/</a> </span><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >ゆんたく高江 <a href="http://helipad-verybad.org/">http://helipad-verybad.org/</a> </span><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >沖縄・一坪反戦地主会 関東ブロック <a href="http://www.jca.apc.org/HHK/">http://www.jca.apc.org/HHK/</a> </span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><strong>★There will be another action on the same day at the Ministry of Defense. We will meet in front of the MoD at 6:30 PM. The organizer of this action is “Committee for Not Allowing Base Construction in Henoko.” See Map of MoD here: <a href="http://www.mod.go.jp/e/access/index.html">http://www.mod.go.jp/e/access/index.html</a> </strong></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >In Japaneese, 1月10日18時半 防衛省前集合 </span><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >主催:辺野古への基地建設を許さない実行委員会</span><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><a href="http://www.jca.apc.org/HHK/NoNewBases/NNBJ.html">ttp://www.jca.apc.org/HHK/NoNewBases/NNBJ.html</a></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><strong>★For the background information in English about the Takae issue, go to: </strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Voices of Takae (English version)</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><a href="http://nohelipadtakae.org/files/VOT-english2010Oct14.pdf">http://nohelipadtakae.org/files/VOT-english2010Oct14.pdf</a> </span><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" >Postcard…from Takae, by Jon Mitchell </span><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia,";" ><a href="http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_fromtakae">http://www.fpif.org/articles/postcard_fromtakae</a> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia;">★ See a YouTube video of the Okinawan media reports on the December 23 incident of a US helicopter hovering above the Takae protest tent, which caused damage to the tent and some items in the tent.<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8DgIANejUA&feature=player_embedded">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8DgIANejUA&feature=player_embedded</a><br /><br /></span>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-50532212439377800502010-11-26T20:19:00.000-08:002010-11-26T20:20:05.883-08:00US for OKINAWA featured in the JAPAN TIMES<div><br /></div><div><img src="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/images/photos2010/fl20101127a1a.jpg" alt="News photo" /></div><div><a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20101127a1.html">http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20101127a1.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div><h1 id="headline" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 25px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30px; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Expat peace group studies embattled Okinawa ecology</h1><h2 id="deck" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">US for Okinawa tour covers harmful impact of U.S. bases, both existing and planned</h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; "><br /></span><div id="writer" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; ">By JON MITCHELL</div><div id="writerstitle" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; ">Special to The Japan Times</div><div id="mainbody" style="font-size: 16px; clear: both; margin-top: 10px; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; "><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">At first glance, the group of 15 young Japanese and foreigners gathered together in the arrival lounge at Naha airport look like just another package tour for a week of fun on Okinawa's tropical beaches.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; "></p><table id="photoright" width="350" align="right" border="0" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; line-height: 10px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><tbody><tr><td style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.35em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img alt="News photo" border="0" src="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/images/photos2010/fl20101127a1b.jpg" width="350" height="230" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; " /></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.35em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span ><b>Participants in a tour organized by US for Okinawa carry the group's banner on a hill overlooking the Oura Bay in northern Okinawa Island.</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">Drawing close enough to overhear their talk of nerve gas, land mines and unexploded bombs, however, it becomes clear that instead of working on their tans, they are more concerned about world peace.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">These English teachers, interior designers and university students are taking part in a study trip organized by the group US for Okinawa to teach people about the environmental impact of American military bases on the islands.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">"The name US for Okinawa has two meanings," explains Emilie McGlone, the group's cofounder and international coordinator for the nongovernmental organization Peace Boat.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">"On one hand, it reflects the support of American citizens living in Japan for a base-free Okinawa. On the other hand, it shows that 'all of us' are dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers caused by the bases.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">"We believe the best way to achieve that is to come here and talk firsthand to local residents about the problems they face."</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">Over the next four days, the participants will meet with a diverse range of Okinawan people — each with a different environmental horror story to share. In Ginowan, they will listen to a resident recount the 2004 crash of a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter and the subsequent scramble by the authorities to recover radioactive strontium-90 from sensors attached to the rotor blades.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">Farther north, they will learn about the military mishap that strafed 1,500 depleted uranium shells across tiny Torishima Island — rendering its once bountiful fish stocks inedible for human consumption.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">One of the most affecting encounters will occur in the village of Takae, where soft-spoken Ikuko Isa will describe her fellow residents' three-year campaign to block the construction of six new military helipads in the area.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">As she discusses the daily stress of living next to the world's largest jungle warfare training center, she doesn't raise her voice in anger. Even when she describes recent revelations that, in the 1960s, the military likely tested the defoliant Agent Orange near rivers that supply the rest of the island with more than half of its drinking water, she remains calm.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">"We're just ordinary people trying to live ordinary lives."</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">Belying the myths of a politically apathetic younger generation, the tour's participants fill their notebooks with the stories they hear. They pepper the local residents with countless questions, and back on the bus they compare notes to fill in any blanks they missed.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">"I first came to Okinawa on a package tour three years ago," explains a young Japanese woman. "All we did was visit beaches and souvenir shops. I didn't know about these (environmental) problems. This trip is a real eye-opener for me."</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">On the third day, the group's devotion is put to the test. McGlone wakes them up at dawn, herds them onto the bus and then leads them on a 15-minute hike through thick jungle. From a hilltop overlooking Oura Bay, local resident Takuma Higashionna talks about the dugong — a relative of the manatee — that feeds on the sea grass in the waters below.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">The dugong was once revered by Okinawans as a messenger of the gods, but now their numbers have dwindled to fewer than a dozen.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">Higashionna is campaigning to establish a sanctuary in the area. He faces heavy opposition — Oura Bay is the proposed site for the relocation of U.S. Marine Air Station Futenma, and current plans call for two 1,500-meter runways to be built over the beds of sea grass.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">In 2008, Higashionna sued the U.S. Department of Defense, arguing that the runway plans violate American laws protecting "natural monuments" (such as the dugong) wherever they live. Higashionna won the case, but Washington has failed to abandon the project.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">"If this were the United States, it wouldn't be allowed to go ahead," Higashionna tells the group. "So why do they let it happen here?"</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">Following Higashionna's talk, the tour climbs aboard boats and heads out for a closer view of the area threatened by the new base. Half of the participants don scuba tanks to search for the telltale furrows of foraging dugong, while the rest snorkel among the bay's rare blue and "walking" coral.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">Despite their failure to spot the elusive dugong, they bring back to shore a newfound sense of Oura Bay's fragile beauty. Nao Sokei, a native of Naha, was particularly impressed.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">"Seeing all of that sea life made my love for this island deeper. Now I realize I need to think more about how to protect Okinawa."</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">On the final day, the tour participants meet with local campaigners dedicated to achieving precisely that. For the past 6 1/2 years, Inochi o Mamoru-kai (Association for the Protection of Life) has been staging a sit-in near Oura Bay to prevent the construction of the new base.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">In 2007, elderly residents, fishermen and environmental activists waged a campaign of disruption against construction crews attempting to bore pylons into the seabed. They chained themselves to scaffolding, maneuvered kayaks in front of massive barges and wore down the laborers with a combination of heated negotiation and good humor.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">Faced by the campaign and negative media coverage, the government called off the construction. However, with the May acceptance by then Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to the relocation of the Futenma base to the area, the association expects the return of the construction crews at any time.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">While Hiroshi Ashitomi, one of the campaign's leaders, is touched by US for Okinawa's support, the 64-year-old retiree has a word of caution: "If younger activists are arrested, they'll lose their jobs or the police record will prevent them from being hired in the future."</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">He gestures around the campaign tent to the elderly protesters sipping jasmine tea. "That's why there are so many retired people here. We're not afraid. We have our pensions. They can't take those away no matter what we do."</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">On their way back to the bus, some members of US for Okinawa review what they have witnessed over the past four days, and they wonder aloud why anybody would want to sign up for the military in the first place.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">As if on cue, two young American soldiers emerge from the sea and sit on the harbor wall, peeling off their fins and snorkels. Some of the tour participants look startled to be suddenly confronted with the object of their antipathy, but as the Americans excitedly describe the coral and multicolored tropical fish they just saw in the bay, it appears that they share a common appreciation of the nature here.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">One of the group tactfully steers the conversation toward why they joined the army and both men cite the lack of employment opportunities in their impoverished hometowns, combined with the lure of a free university education.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">Bemoaning the lack of information they received when they first arrived on Okinawa, they say they're keen to learn more about the island. One of the group hands them his business card and invites them for a drink when they're next in Tokyo. The soldiers say they'll be in touch.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">Back on the bus, the group fills their notebooks with details of the meeting. They say it was one of the most illuminating discussions of the trip in that it helped to dispel some stereotypes about American servicemen.</p><p id="paragrah" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; ">McGlone, too, seems pleased at the chance encounter. "When people talk to each other, you can see the wheels start turning on both sides. It's a great thing to watch. People learn best through face-to-face communication. That's what US for Okinawa is all about."</p><div id="bio" style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 19px; ">For information about upcoming US for Okinawa study tours, contact Emilie McGlone at <a href="mailto:us.for.okinawa@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(25, 9, 144); text-decoration: none; ">us.for.okinawa@gmail.com</a></div></div></div>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-8822422514757377352010-11-03T23:22:00.000-07:002010-11-22T18:19:20.828-08:00Takae, a place flourishing with biodiversity and in danger ...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf940zQNRVZ0BTjuZNRwzbdzNoPNK4xiW83nWq87p_lJOQcLZCEP8kZCDQurnzu-wlmQCFGCL698SvcN9f8KOFqTZ3tBCw23R1DqaWkZrZLir30DI8LA9Y9VbATB8Xb3h_WHL_X5nWvs8/s1600/65946_10150276310635627_827920626_15184905_3701794_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf940zQNRVZ0BTjuZNRwzbdzNoPNK4xiW83nWq87p_lJOQcLZCEP8kZCDQurnzu-wlmQCFGCL698SvcN9f8KOFqTZ3tBCw23R1DqaWkZrZLir30DI8LA9Y9VbATB8Xb3h_WHL_X5nWvs8/s400/65946_10150276310635627_827920626_15184905_3701794_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535579169998211522" border="0" /></a>(photo by Rob Pott in Takae)<br /><br />US for OKINAWA is pleased to share Peace Boat`s statement for Biodiversity.<div><br /></div><div>Online link: <a href="http://www.peaceboat.org/english/nwps/sm/arc/101023/index.html">http://www.peaceboat.org/english/nwps/sm/arc/101023/index.html</a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >On October 18, 2010, the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) began in Nagoya, Japan. During our global voyages Peace Boat visits numerous places throughout the world including the Galapagos Islands, the Guiana Highlands, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and Antarctica, learning about and spreading the importance of biodiversity. Throughout this process, we have learned that biodiversity is not only an issue of nature, environment, animals and plants, but also of peace and human rights. We also emphasize that this issue is deeply related to worldwide poverty, the rights of indigenous peoples, and conflict. Noting that war is the greatest destruction to the environment, we insist that global military expenditure – which exceeds 1.5 trillion US dollars a year – be allocated instead to protecting biodiversity.<br /><br />To Peace Boat, a world where biodiversity is protected is one where all living creatures can be free of the threat of extinction or the threat of being killed unreasonably, and can fulfil each one of their lives. Such a world cannot be achieved without joint and continuous efforts by governments and civil societies across the globe.<br /><br /><span class="as1" style="line-height: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; ">Peace Boat calls for the points below regarding biodiversity:<br /></span><br /></span></span></span><ol><li><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >No need for military bases that threaten all natural lives<br /></span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Military bases bring huge damage to the ecosystem. People living in Subic Bay in the Philippines still suffer from health and environmental problems even now, although the US military base was closed in 1991. In Ecuador, South America, US military bases were recently forced to withdraw, and Ecuador adopted a Constitution which prohibits any foreign bases or troops being stationed in their country. We need all countries to follow the lead of Ecuador in order to protect diverse lives.<br />The sea of Henoko, Okinawa, is a rich treasure of biodiversity where creatures such as the endangered dugong and precious corals live. We oppose the construction of a new military air base in Henoko's Oura Bay, and call for an Okinawa free of military bases.<br /><br /></span></span></span></li><li><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Nuclear development and natural life cannot coexist<br /></span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Peace Boat has travelled around the world with more than 100 Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to talk about the devastation caused by nuclear weapons. Through our voyages we have learned that there are people who suffer over generations because of radiation from nuclear facilities and depleted uranium weapons. We have also learned that the common wish of ordinary citizens across the world is to live in a nuclear-free world. Nuclear waste is also a great concern. Nuclear weapons and development pose a threat to all living creatures on earth and to the environment. Citizens and governments must work together in order to realize a 'nuclear-free world'.<br /><br /></span></span></span></li><li><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Realize a world where the rights of indigenous peoples are ensured<br /></span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >While indigenous people across the world have lived over generations in harmony with nature, they also have long suffered from violation of their rights. In British Columbia, Canada, a mass tourist resort development is violating the sacred land of the indigenous people, making it difficult for them to carry on their lives in the forest where they have always lived. There should be no human rights violations in the name of 'environmental protection' or 'development'. It is important that we learn to live in harmony with nature following the wisdom of indigenous peoples, and build a society where their lifestyles, cultures and rights are protected and respected. As an NGO based in Japan, we particularly pledge to learn from the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, and to deepen our activities in this field.<br /><br /></span></span></span></li><li><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Re-examine 'development'<br /></span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Through our global voyages, we have learned that our lives depend deeply upon the rich biodiversity existing throughout the world. Simultaneously, we have seen that mass development and deforestation have exacerbated environment degradation and poverty, and also the many people striving to improve such situations. It is time to re-examine the path of 'development' and 'modernization' we have taken, and to search for a sustainable solution for building the society. In order to realize this, all states must work together in cooperation for the global interest rather than confront each other in pursuit of short-term national interest.<br /><br /></span></span></span></li></ol><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Peace Boat calls on world leaders to deepen their discussions in Nagoya according to the above points, and for this to be an opportunity for citizens to consider these issues and take positive and effective actions.</span></span></span><br /></span></div>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-18105594745616380762010-10-18T18:36:00.000-07:002010-10-18T18:40:01.614-07:00Recycle in Fashion event<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DWfzuBcz_Z6E1mi2Szy5UFCwZyMNcQJUqFrc-Dx4eddSg-KCMQmoRVV4OYN0xAdPw7BUlwddM8J0UobxrTqa6yVkJ-0Y8AJesCT8pu8F18nc5Udu0F9u8Lfr0slSiP799OKaHqd2H-s/s1600/Recycle+in+Fashion+for+Peace.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 345px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1DWfzuBcz_Z6E1mi2Szy5UFCwZyMNcQJUqFrc-Dx4eddSg-KCMQmoRVV4OYN0xAdPw7BUlwddM8J0UobxrTqa6yVkJ-0Y8AJesCT8pu8F18nc5Udu0F9u8Lfr0slSiP799OKaHqd2H-s/s400/Recycle+in+Fashion+for+Peace.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529565831150494274" border="0" /></a>
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<br />for peace and a base free okinawa
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<br />Join us for a night of fashion to raise funds for the US for OKINAWA peace action network while helping to recycle your clothes & accessories. Come and enjoy music and drinks, meeting new people, and making a difference for a good cause.
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<br /><span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show">DATE: 10/20/2010 (WED)
<br />TIME: 19:30 ~ 22:00
<br />PLACE: Peace Boat / GET salon, Marin bldg. 4 FLR, Takadanobaba
<br />MAP --> <a href="http://www.getuniversal.co.jp/assets/img/maps/get_map_large.jpg" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.getuniversal.co</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span><span>.jp/assets/img/maps/get_ma</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>p_large.jpg</a>
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<br />ENTRANCE: 500 yen donation
<br />* Limit to bring no more than 10 pieces of clothing /accessories in good condition. Everyone is welcome to join us, even just to come shopping, so it is not necessary to bring clothes.
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<br />** Organized by US for OKINAWA with support from Peace Boat
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<br />info:
<br />US for OKINAWA
<br /><a href="http://www.us-for-okinawa.blogspot.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.us-for-okinawa.</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>blogspot.com/</a>
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<br />PEACE BOAT
<br /><a href="http://www.peaceboat.org/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.peaceboat.org/</a>
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<br />■■■■ リサイクルファッション ■■■■
<br />平和で基地がない沖縄のために
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<br /><span>洋服、アクセサリーを使ってリサイクルファッションイベ</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>ントを企画していま
<br />す。ドリンクと音楽を楽しみながらぜひご参加下さい!
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<br />曜日: 10/20/2010 (WED)
<br />時間: 19:30 ~ 22:00
<br />場所: ピースボート / GET サロン, マリンビル 4階, 高田馬場
<br />MAP --> <a href="http://www.getuniversal.co.jp/assets/img/maps/get_map_large.jpg" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.getuniversal.co</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span><span>.jp/assets/img/maps/get_ma</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>p_large.jpg</a>
<br /><<a href="http://www.getuniversal.co.jp/assets/img/maps/get_map_large.jpg" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.getuniversal.co</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span><span>.jp/assets/img/maps/get_ma</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>p_large.jpg</a>>
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<br />入場料: 500円
<br />* Limit to bring no more than 10 pieces of clothing /accessories in good condition. Everyone is welcome to join us, even just to come shopping, so it is not necessary to bring clothes.
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<br />** US for OKINAWA 主催、ピースボート支援</span>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-44436139399978899352010-10-13T05:42:00.000-07:002010-10-13T05:55:19.095-07:00ACTION towards COP 10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8DsokHVcbp7FZZj4AEFL_umrrGwRRvBc8wWuAbWTIEntP-PHsPTE_RGjYKUv44WAHaCaKvuBBgr7ACkz3MZvbYOhyIlYQsPRSYEJiQGsIhNd4-3HbZCtQjCX9gnIN4OFuTctr32wNUg/s1600/COP-10-Action-Henoko.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8DsokHVcbp7FZZj4AEFL_umrrGwRRvBc8wWuAbWTIEntP-PHsPTE_RGjYKUv44WAHaCaKvuBBgr7ACkz3MZvbYOhyIlYQsPRSYEJiQGsIhNd4-3HbZCtQjCX9gnIN4OFuTctr32wNUg/s400/COP-10-Action-Henoko.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527512595221518994" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span class="actorName" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Us-for-Okinawa/374792107170" hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=374792107170" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Us for Okinawa</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=262509633230" hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/group.php?id=262509633230" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span">US FOR OKINAWA "peace action network"</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"> takes action for Biodiversity in Henoko ! Make your appeal for COP 10 and attend the conference in Nagoya this month! > </span><a href="http://www.cop10.jp/aichi-nagoya/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span">http://www.cop10.jp/aichi-nago<wbr></span></a><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span><a href="http://www.cop10.jp/aichi-nagoya/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span">ya/</span></a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" >The sea in Henoko, Okinawa is a treasure trove of marine life. Here, the dugong, a gentle marine mammal, and sea turtles live alongside<br />internationally endangered species of coral, and new species of plant and animal life continue to be discovered regularly. The construction of a new U.S. Military Air Base in the bay of Henoko means much of this sea<br />will be filled in, inflicting grave environmental losses and damage.<br /><br />Only 10 to 20 dugongs remain off the coast of Henoko, and the new base construction may lead to their extinction from Japan. The Japan World Wildlife Fund designated 2010 as the "International Year of Dugong," and at this year's COP 10, we join them in calling for their protection. More than 1,000 military bases already exist around the world, and nearly 20% of Okinawa is already occupied by them. We need biodiversity, not more bases! US for OKINAWA, together with the International NGO, PEACE BOAT, promotes Disarmament for Biodiversity and we will carry our message around the world on the 72nd global voyage for peace. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" >沖縄・辺野古の海は、海洋生物の宝庫です。<wbr>辺野古の海には国際的に絶滅の危機にある珊瑚礁とともに、</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" >ジュゴンなどの希少な海洋ほ乳類やウミガメが生息しているほか、<wbr>今も定期的に新しい動植物の生態が発見され続けています。<wbr>この辺野古湾に新しく米軍基地が建設された場合、<wbr>大部分の海が埋め立てられ、非常に大きな環境の損失とダメージを<wbr>与えることになります。<br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" > すでに辺野古の海にはジュゴンが10〜<wbr>20頭しか生息しておらず、もし新しい米軍基地の建設が進めば、<wbr>結果として日本でのジュゴンの絶滅を引き起こす可能性が高いです<wbr>。US for Okinawaは、2010年を「国際ジュゴン年」<wbr>と指定した日本の世界自然保護基金(WWF)とともに、<wbr>名古屋で開催される生物多様性条約第10回締約国会議(<wbr>COP10)でにてジュゴンの保護を呼びかけます。</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" >世界には1000以上の米軍基地が存在していて、沖縄の約20%<wbr>の土地は米軍のものとなっています。私たちに必要なのは、<wbr>生物の多様性を保護することです。<wbr>これ以上の米軍基地は必要ありません。<br /> 私たちUS for Okinawaは国際NGOピースボートの協力を得て、<wbr>環境保護と軍縮の活動を続けています。ピースボート第72回「<wbr>地球一周の船旅」の航海では、実際に「<wbr>生物多様性を守るための軍縮」<wbr>のメッセージを世界中の人々に伝え、つなげていきます。(<wbr>ピースボート http://</span></span><a href="http://www.peaceboat.org/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" >www.peaceboat.org</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" >)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></div>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-7879049598783657492010-09-26T09:49:00.000-07:002010-09-27T21:51:50.540-07:00Okinawa Peace Project Photo Report<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc02EoLBlqZErc_EZs4j2diQD6gaNE5De_QV6AicVPdRdO04uAUB5VAMC4f5MdCkzJH3bTsM4kxR8yWsjCCKWhVUimTFJOSR8XPk1CZsEA65zMZYWiKjzRjCXBhIW4HocxhK9-jaucH18/s1600/P9240286s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc02EoLBlqZErc_EZs4j2diQD6gaNE5De_QV6AicVPdRdO04uAUB5VAMC4f5MdCkzJH3bTsM4kxR8yWsjCCKWhVUimTFJOSR8XPk1CZsEA65zMZYWiKjzRjCXBhIW4HocxhK9-jaucH18/s400/P9240286s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521822482209828530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQ-nNbeK2Bn9t-VWG8mnkretOzD4qBtqHu1quhLcgJfnu92_13QCJ3vAba9w2xZBq9nXyCMEUYORnM5r7m1A76oxRyv-SUD_WPO8iGGypz7BPbOtkuJmcYxVg3dmQdWwId_1p9JTcj9k/s1600/62006_10150282537235294_634770293_15046387_4537322_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px; float: left; height: 300px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521278425020172850" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQ-nNbeK2Bn9t-VWG8mnkretOzD4qBtqHu1quhLcgJfnu92_13QCJ3vAba9w2xZBq9nXyCMEUYORnM5r7m1A76oxRyv-SUD_WPO8iGGypz7BPbOtkuJmcYxVg3dmQdWwId_1p9JTcj9k/s400/62006_10150282537235294_634770293_15046387_4537322_n.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVG2ZEyEUChFkYfMTlLA_XrykShZQAbDo1oU1hRuVRe3TUnS_o3XKLT8Db1lriQqf5Wo6KQ0I6ImQMdlE8krO25Wg_ZDQGxdd3NM-paJA37NLY3RTyQSsVYpo52O6KP0DbEzdeH-dBCiU/s1600/20100926_0914_5sRQaTnJ_l.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 191px; float: left; height: 300px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521278016124901570" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVG2ZEyEUChFkYfMTlLA_XrykShZQAbDo1oU1hRuVRe3TUnS_o3XKLT8Db1lriQqf5Wo6KQ0I6ImQMdlE8krO25Wg_ZDQGxdd3NM-paJA37NLY3RTyQSsVYpo52O6KP0DbEzdeH-dBCiU/s400/20100926_0914_5sRQaTnJ_l.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">US for OKINAWA successfully completed our second study program in Okinawa. Together with 13 participants from England, the United States and Japan, US for OKINAWA worked together with local people in Henoko, Okinawa to raise awareness about important issues such as the necessity to protect the Dugong, a now endangered species that can only be found in Henoko. The Dugong, along with other endemic species to the area such as the walking coral and blue coral, are endangered by the possible construction of a new US Military facility in Henoko`s Oura bay. US for OKINAWA and the members of Dugong no Sato helped organize the eco-tourism package for US for OKINAWA volunteers to go scuba diving, sea kayaking and snorkeling in the area.</span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">See below for our photo report from the study program. We look forward to organizing another study program October 30-31st to learn about important environmental issues in Okinawa together with the organizers of the music and art event, Peace Music Festa ! Please join us ! </span></span></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">For more info click here: </span></span><a href="http://us-for-okinawa.blogspot.com/2010/09/coming-up-soon-peace-music-festa-oct-30.html"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://us-for-okinawa.blogspot.com/2010/09/coming-up-soon-peace-music-festa-oct-30.html</span></span></a></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">"OKINAWA PEACE PROJECT" 沖縄ピースプロジェクト </span></span></span></div><br /><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">FALL 2010 (Dates Sept 22 - 26th)</span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">INFO ></span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><a style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" href="http://us-for-okinawa.blogspot.com/p/study-program-to-okinawa.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://us-for-okinawa.blog<wbr></span></span><span style="padding: 0px; display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px;" class="word_break"></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">spot.com/p/study-program-t<wbr></span></span><span style="padding: 0px; display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px;" class="word_break"></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">o-okinawa.html</span></span></a></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">沖縄・辺野古の海は、ジュゴンなどの海洋ほ乳類やウミガ</span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><wbr></span></span></span><span style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; border-collapse: collapse; float: left; margin-left: -10px;" class="word_break"></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">メが生息し、国際的 に絶滅の危機にあるサンゴが広く育つ海洋生物の宝庫です</span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><wbr></span></span></span><span style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; border-collapse: collapse; float: left; margin-left: -10px;" class="word_break"></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">。この地に新しく基 地が建設されることになれば、大浦湾が埋め立てられ、マ</span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><wbr></span></span></span><span style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; border-collapse: collapse; float: left; margin-left: -10px;" class="word_break"></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">ングローブなどの野 生生物に取り返しのつかないダメージを与えることになり</span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><wbr></span></span></span><span style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; border-collapse: collapse; float: left; margin-left: -10px;" class="word_break"></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">ます。これは、一帯 の貴重な海洋生物多様性に対する重大な危機です。</span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">「US for Okinawa」では、沖縄の状況をより深く知ることの</span></span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><wbr></span></span></span><span style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; border-collapse: collapse; float: left; margin-left: -10px;" class="word_break"></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">できるスタディツ アーを計画しています。</span></span></span></div><br /><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></div>(1) US for OKINAWA members participate in a candle action outside of Camp Schwab in Okinawa.<br /><br /><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">(2) Jonathan Yamauchi, a member of US for OKINAWA, looks out over Kadena military facility in Okinawa. </span></span></span></div><br /><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">(3) A view of Henoko from Dugong Hill in Okinawa. The dugong feed in this area due to the sea grass that can only be found in Henoko.</span></span></span></div><br /><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYJqbfS14vRwy-TqCwNEJA0fe2lrsUkbSlnl6di1yGpanee2N3RHbe75fL5eqsuUlfwCANXb9AjpZrqICnr9Mvd-EMiirTUnhVMn_595viaLo5PPR_S1tSLYQwzsJRRI6bvZPvHYD7IY/s1600/IMG_0953s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px; float: left; height: 225px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521280521074835074" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYJqbfS14vRwy-TqCwNEJA0fe2lrsUkbSlnl6di1yGpanee2N3RHbe75fL5eqsuUlfwCANXb9AjpZrqICnr9Mvd-EMiirTUnhVMn_595viaLo5PPR_S1tSLYQwzsJRRI6bvZPvHYD7IY/s400/IMG_0953s.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="Apple-style-span"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px; float: left; height: 225px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521267214252428770" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1yeVcrQDN4ZTT1FxyzTnSJhkv226zvhBe7DwQ43AjQRZlOBGvEgqWXbfZhtWQoNAtPTQb7z2eCFGLqm8VI09IDkEkBBs5SYjo68TzMTtu8y2paORF7xYfyVoizCstpYjvXTWxmCI6bE/s400/IMG_0740s.jpg" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px; float: left; height: 225px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521266760226928114" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGih5-0gd-5E2mmbLT9H_iLliTX7PbMfhw2LnF_FgjGg1lKPCKrdMRwFHj7CgCv8XQ3XPNwdigucUZuUmixgbW8dWilBE-0XGUcnQ4MpLOPNYFRqSizUEu8_YD6laZMMZxso27zPDtlQE/s400/IMG_0886s.JPG" border="0" /></span></div><br /><div><span style="border-collapse: collapse;font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;" class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span">OKINAWA TIMES ARTICLE from Sept 26, 2010 :</span></span><br /><span style="border-collapse: collapse;font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;" class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="border-collapse: collapse;font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;" class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/article/2010-09-26_10555/"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/article/2010-09-26_10555/</span></a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><br /><span style="line-height: 18px;font-size:13px;" class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">【名護】米軍普天間飛行場の閉鎖と名護市辺野古への移設中止を求める在日米国人らのネットワーク「US for OKINAWA」(アス・フォー・オキナワ)の一行が25日、辺野古浜のキャンプ・シュワブとの境界線付近で、生物多様性を守り、新基地建設に反対する内容の横断幕を掲げるなどしてアピールした。</span></span></div><br /><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;" class="article_body"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"> アピールは、10月に名古屋市で開かれる生物多様性条約第10回締約国会議(COP10)の参加国に向けて行われた。</span></p><br /><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;" class="article_body"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"> 一行は沖縄の基地問題を考えるスタディーツアーを23日から県内で行っている。25日は午前中に大浦湾でアオサンゴのダイビング観察などを行い、同湾の豊かな自然環境を確認した。午後は辺野古浜を清掃し、夜にはキャンプ・シュワブ前でのピースキャンドルに参加した。共同代表のエミリー・マクグローンさん(30)は「生物多様性が豊かな大浦湾はジュゴンの保護区にするなどして、エコツーリズムの活用をはかるべきだ。基地を造ったら貴重な自然をすべて失ってしまう」と話した。</span></p><br /><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;" class="article_body"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">Article from Okinawa Times on Sept 24, 2010 (below )</span><a href="http://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/article/2010-09-24_10495/"><span style="font-size:100%;">http<span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/article/2010-09-24_10495/</span></span></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:100%;" ><br />【中部】米軍普天間飛行場の閉鎖と名護市辺野古への移設中止を求める在日米国人らのネットワーク「US for OKINAWA」(アス・フォー・オキナワ)の一行が23日、同飛行場や米軍嘉手納基地の現状を視察した。住宅や学校などに近接した同飛行場の危険性を実感し、沖縄戦についても理解を深めた。参加者からは「アメリカで、こんなにコミュニティーに近い基地は許されない」という声が上がった。<br /> 基地問題を考える沖縄へのスタディーツアーは4月に続き2度目。23日から4日間の日程。基地や高江ヘリパッド視察のほか、名護市辺野古などを訪れる。ジュゴンが生息する海でのダイビングやシュノーケリングを通して、生物多様性を体感するプログラムだ。<br /> 2010年1月に発足した「US―」共同代表のエミリー・マグローンさん(30)=東京都=は「沖縄の海は生物多様性の宝庫。アメリカ人として恥ずかしいし、ごめんなさいという気持ちがある。現状を知った人はみんな普天間基地に反対する。基地をなくせるまで頑張りたい」と話した。<br /> 初参加の大村祐子さん(25)=大阪府=は「本土で沖縄の基地問題を語っても、『あなたは沖縄の人じゃないでしょ』と言葉を投げられる。だから、主張できるようにここに来た。実際に見た基地の危険性を訴えたい」と話していた。</span></p><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;" >==============================<wbr>=<br />Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting 2010年9月26日<br /></span><br /><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;" ><a href="http://www.qab.co.jp/news/2010092621636.html">http://www.qab.co.jp/news/2010092621636.html</a><br /></span> <h3 style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" class="storytitle" id="post-21636">在日外国人らの団体 新基地建設反対をアピール</h3> <p style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">普天間基地の閉鎖と新基地建設に反対する在日外国人を中心とした市民グループが25日辺野古で生物の多様性形態を守ろうと訴えました。</p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">このグループはアメリカ市民を含む在日外国人が中心となって活動している「USforOKINAWA」です。</p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">メンバーらは9月22日から普天間基地や嘉手納基地の見学、新基地の建設先とされる辺野古の海でダイビングなど、スタディーツアーの為に沖縄を訪れていて25日は辺野古で新基地建設反対をアピールしました。</p> <p style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">これは10月に名古屋で開催される生物多様性条約の締結について話し合うCOP10へのアピールとして行われたもので存在が危ぶまれているアオサンゴやジュゴンが生息する海をさらなる軍事化で壊すべきではないと訴えました。</p>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-43211461946589424382010-09-17T09:48:00.000-07:002010-09-21T07:04:23.510-07:00Press Release for US for OKINAWA Study Program<span style="border-collapse: collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;" class="Apple-style-span"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="justify"><span lang="en-US"><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Press Release</span></span></span><span lang="en-US"><b><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%;font-size:100%;color:transparent;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><br />US for OKINAWA Announces a Study Program for Biodiversity and a Base Free Henoko</span></span></b></span><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" lang="en-US"><br /><br />US for OKINAWA, a peace action network formed by U.S. and other citizens from around the world living in Japan to support calls for the closure of Futenma Air Base and the halt to new base construction in Henoko, is pleased to announce it is organizing its second study program to Okinawa this year from September 22-26. The program, titled the “Okinawa Peace Project” will allow participants to witness Futenma and Kadena Air Bases firsthand, and to enjoy diving, snorkeling and kayaking activities in Oura Bay, site of the planned new base construction. The pristine bay is home to rare forms of biodiversity, including blue coral and the Okinawa dugong, that will be threatened or destroyed by plans to fill in a large swathe of the bay in order to construct the new base.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="justify"><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%;"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Given that the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) will be held in Japan this year, the United Nations has designated 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity, and the WWF has named it the International Year of the Dugong, US for OKINAWA aims to raise awareness of the grave environmental risk posed to Henoko from further militarization of Okinawa. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:medium;">US for OKINAWA will organize an action in Henoko on Saturday, September 25 to appeal to COP 10 members to protect the biodiversity of Henoko.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="justify"><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" lang="en-US">US for OKINAWA will also use this occasion to express its support for the candidacy of Yoichi Iha in the upcoming November 28 elections for governor of Okinawa. As mayor of Ginowan City, Mr Iha has demonstrated outstanding and unwavering dedication to the principles of citizen safety and security, transparent and democratic politics, and peace in Okinawa and the entire East Asia region. Without a doubt, he will serve as governor of Okinawa with excellence and integrity.<br /><br />Local citizens and members of the media are invited to to join US for OKINAWA at various stops in our study program while in Okinawa. For more details of our activities on Saturday, September 23 and 25, please see below.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="justify"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">9/23<br />08:30 Visit Kakazu no Takadai (view of Futenma Air Base)<br />10:00 Visit Kadena Base and Information center<br />09/25<br />08:30-09:30 Visit to Dugong Hill (Henoko)<br />15:00-16:00 Beach Clean-up activity at Henoko<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">16:00-17:00 COP 10 Action “Protect the Dugong” at Henoko!</span><br />18:30-19:30 Candle Action in front of Camp Schwab gate</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="justify"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">For details of events and activities on September 24, please contact Emilie McGlone at </span><a href="mailto:us.for.okinawa@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">us.for.okinawa@gmail.com</span></a><a href="mailto:us.for.okinawa@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"> or 080-1295-7612 after September 22.</span></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="justify"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">US for OKINAWA was founded in January 2010 by Peace Boat staff members from the United States residing in Japan. In cooperation with Peace Boat, US for OKINAWA organized its first study program to Okinawa in April of this year. Peace Boat is a Japan-based international non-governmental and non-profit organization that works to promote peace, human rights, equal and sustainable development and respect for the environment. Info: </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.peaceboat.org/" target="_blank">www.peaceboat.org</a></span><br /></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >プレスリリース<br /><br />アメリカ市民とサポーターたちが呼びかける<br /><br />生物多様性を守り、辺野古への新基地建設に反対する沖縄スタディーツアー<br /><br />『US for OKINAWA』は、アメリカ市民を含む世界中からの在日外国人たちが中心となって、普天間基地の閉鎖及び辺野古の新しい基地建設の中止を求め活動するピースアクションネットワークです。この度、2010年9月22日~26日にかけ、第二回スタディーツアーを行う運びとなりました。本『沖縄ピースプロジェクト』スタディーツアーでは、普天間及び嘉手納基地の見学、新規基地建設の候補地となっている大浦湾にてダイビングやシュノーケリング、カヤックなどのアクティビティーが予定されています。本来の大浦湾は、新しい基地建設の大幅な埋め立て計画により、その存在が危ぶまれているアオサンゴや沖縄ジュゴンを含む希少価値が高い生物多様性形態の宝庫です。<br /><br />今年日本でCOP10が開催されるにあたり、国連は2010年を国際生物多様性年、WWFは国際ジュゴン年と定め、US for OKINAWAは沖縄の更なる軍事化により辺野古にもたらされる深刻な環境被害に関する認識を高めることを目指しています。9月25日、US for OKINAWAは辺野古にてアクションを行い、辺野古の生物多様性を守ることをCOP10参加国に要請します。<br /><br />US for OKINAWAは、来る11月28日の沖縄知事選に出馬した伊波洋一氏への指示を表明します。伊波氏は宜野湾市長として、市民の安全と保障、透明性のある民主的な政治、そして沖縄及び東アジア全体の平和に関する原則に、大変優れた揺るぎない献身的な努力をささげています。優秀で誠実な沖縄知事として活躍されることは間違いありません。<br /><br />US for OKINAWAの沖縄での本スタディーツアーには、各所で是非とも地元市民の方々及びメディアの皆様に是非ともご参加頂きたく思います。9月23日と25日の活動に関する詳細は下記をご参照下さい。<br /><br />9/23<br /><br />08:30 嘉数の高台 (普天間基地とその周辺を見学)<br /><br />10:00 嘉手納基地<br /><br />09/25<br /><br />08:30-09:30 ジュゴンの見える丘<br /><br />15:00-16:00 ビートクリーンアップ(辺野古)<br /><br />16:00-17:00 辺野古にてアクション(COP 10 参加国への要請)<br /><br />18:30-19:30 キャンドルアクション(キャンプシュワブ・ゲート)<br /><br /></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><div style="text-align: left;">9月24日のイベントや活動に関する詳細は、担当Emilie McGlone(エミリー・マクグローン)までご連絡(us.for.okinawa@gmail.com)下さい。 ※9月22日以降は携帯電話(080-1295-7612へ)へのご連絡をお願いします。</div><br />★US for OKINAWAとは?<br /><br />US for OKINAWAは、2010年1月にピースボートの在日アメリカ人スタッフによって設立されました。今年4月、ピースボート共催で初めてのスタディツアーを行いました。</span></span><p></p></span>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-10739474289876637522010-09-14T02:39:00.001-07:002010-09-14T02:46:47.184-07:00Parties 4 Peace supports US for OKINAWA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyO3-HMvB6smoNK4-WuW7mddS4slrR07wmcagjjrNoZ2cOFUxNguFA3ZaudSQ829kN1G-vZ5imhGUCanGDNzLOZJwEXZDrwO2_fniTnMjvrhPtNubjhOLhTNSmp1zc59vp8YEphARtHlE/s1600/_DSC6235.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyO3-HMvB6smoNK4-WuW7mddS4slrR07wmcagjjrNoZ2cOFUxNguFA3ZaudSQ829kN1G-vZ5imhGUCanGDNzLOZJwEXZDrwO2_fniTnMjvrhPtNubjhOLhTNSmp1zc59vp8YEphARtHlE/s400/_DSC6235.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516701790414694242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a6p1HBuMVU">Kakumakushaka performs live</a> at the ECHO HYPE event, organized by <a href="http://www.parties4peace.com/">Parties 4 Peace</a>. Using dance and music as a platform, Parties 4 Peace brings people together from all nations to promote peace and understanding.<br />ECHO HYPE was a party to promote the <a href="http://us-for-okinawa.blogspot.com/2010/04/okinawa-peace-project.html">Okinawa Peace Project</a>, organized by US for OKINAWA. Join us for our eco-tour to Okinawa Sept 22-26th, 2010.<br />For more information, please visit our Study Program section of the website.<br /><br />Watch the video here :<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a6p1HBuMVU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a6p1HBuMVU</a>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-68539040557266740542010-09-13T18:12:00.000-07:002010-09-13T18:16:09.838-07:00PEACE MUSIC FESTA OCT 30-31st<div id="topInfo"> <h1><a href="http://peace-music.org/wp"><img style="width: 397px; height: 465px;" src="http://peace-music.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/PMF10.gif" alt="Peace Music Festa" /></a></h1> <div class="navigation" id="homeNavi"> <hr class="clr"> </div><!--/navigation--> <div id="blog"> <h2>Information</h2> <ul id="blogRSS"><li><a href="http://peacemusic.ti-da.net/e2828689.html" title="US for Okinawa!(新しい協力者)" target="_blank">US for Okinawa!(新しい協力者)</a></li><li><a href="http://peacemusic.ti-da.net/e2827655.html" title="沖縄クラブ三国志 9.11の乱" target="_blank">沖縄クラブ三国志 9.11の乱</a></li><li><a href="http://peacemusic.ti-da.net/e2823632.html" title="出演者 第四弾最終発表及び出演日の発表です!!" target="_blank">出演者 第四弾最終発表及び出演日の発表です!!</a></li><li><a href="http://peacemusic.ti-da.net/e2821907.html" title="自分の目から見たHIPHOPとイベントを打つということ" target="_blank">自分の目から見たHIPHOPとイベントを打つということ</a></li><li><a href="http://peacemusic.ti-da.net/e2814371.html" title="【PMF2010出演者】Heinous Criminal" target="_blank">【PMF2010出演者】Heinous Criminal</a></li></ul> </div><!--/blogRSS--> </div><!--/topInfo--> <div id="eventInfo"> <h2>Peace Music Festa!辺野古2010</h2> <h2>〜辺野古の海から世界が見える〜</h2> <h2>2010年 10月 30日(土)・31日(日)</h2> <p>場所: 沖縄県 名護市 辺野古ビーチ<br />時間: OPEN 11:30 START 12:00 END 20:00(雨天決行)<br />料金: <一日券>大人 前売り 2500円 当日 3000円<br /> 高校生 前売り 1000円 当日 1500円<br /> ※通し券はありません。二日お越しの場合は二枚お求め下さい。<br /> 中学生以下は入場無料。中高生は入場時に要学生証提示。</p> <dl><dt>10/30(土)出演者(第四弾最終発表)</dt><dd>ソウル・フラワー・モノノケ・サミット/三宅洋平/カクマクシャカ/ヒゲのかっちゃん/ROACH/RUN it to GROUND/FAKE KINGZ/procal/Heinous Criminal/さとまん/STARS ENTERTAINMENT/エルビス・ウチマ(ex.極限BAND)/蹴闘~SHOOT~/中川五郎/Paul Mahoux/elmon/TEX & the Sun Flower Seed(アコVer.)/Ukwanshin Kabudan 御冠船歌舞団(fromハワイ)/創作太鼓衆 颯/KUMAKARA/KEN子/</dd><dt>10/31(日)出演者(第四弾最終発表)</dt><dd>SOUL FLOWER UNION/知花竜海×城間竜太/PAPA U-Gee/JAVA/MISSION POSSIBLE(THA BLUE HERB × OLIVE OIL × B.I.G.JOE)/七尾旅人/SOUTH/KACHIMBA DX/直枝政広(カーネーション)/<br />ラビラビ/Shaolong To The Sky/名護 瀬嵩青年会(エイサー)/KZ(G.A.C)/ST-LOW(DESSON)/DASTAMAS/琉球とらいぶ/<br />45 with RADICALITES/009/King Jam Session/operon/COMATON </dd><dd><br /></dd><dd><br /></dd></dl> <dl><dt>主催</dt><dd>Peace Music Festa!辺野古2010 実行委員会<br />後援:名護市、宜野湾市、南城市、石垣市、西原町、与那原町、<br /> 竹富町、北中城村、中城村、沖縄タイムス、琉球新報、琉球放送、<br /> 沖縄テレビ放送、琉球朝日放送、FM沖縄、ラジオ沖縄、FM21、<br /> FMよみたん、タイフーンFM、FMレキオ、おきなわ倶楽部 <p>【Info】pmf10@peace-music.org<br />【ブログ】 http://peacemusic.ti-da.net/</p> </dd></dl> </div>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-62834118732309775242010-09-10T06:47:00.000-07:002010-09-10T06:51:39.896-07:00ECHO HYPE PARTY on 9/12<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF9900;">9.12 (SUN) ECHO HYPE </span></span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Sunday afternoon party<br />at Favela in Aoyama<br />MAP:</span></span><a href="http://www.favela.jp/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">http://<wbr>www.fav<wbr>ela.jp/</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br />...Tech-house / Minimal / Techno<br />*from 16:00 ~ 24:00 / 2000 yen<br /><br />TIMETABLE<br />16:00 - 17:30 Maada<br />17:30 - 19:00 Sam Fitzgerald (P4P)<br />19:00 - 19:30 Kakumakushaka (live)<br />19:30 - 20:30 Raha (Ooooze)<br />20:30 - 21:30 Sho-hey (Octagon)<br />21:30 - 22:30 Bosh (Dial )<br />22:30 - 23:45 Ryo Tsutsui (Eden / Weekend Warriorz)<br /><br />アティーストの紹介します!<br />■KAKUMAKUSHAKA (LIVE)■<br />地元・ 沖縄に根を張り活動するカクマクシャカ。一定のジャンルに拘らず、様々な表現をしていく姿勢は、 加藤登紀子やshing02など世代もジャンルも越えた様々なアーティストとのコラボレーションを生み出してきた。<br />2007年には初の単独作品「シャカの掌の惑星」を沖縄限定でリリース。<br />またshing02と坂本龍一による「stop-rokkasho」 という青森県六ヶ所村の再処理工場に対してのプロジェクトに賛同、shing02ともに制作した楽曲「無知の知」 をホームページで公開している。<br /></span></span><a href="http://kakumakushaka.com/profile/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">http://<wbr>kakumak<wbr>ushaka.<wbr>com/pro<wbr>file/</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /><br />■ Live Art by Rah Akaishi ■<br />& Free Organic food sponsored by Tengu Natural Foods<br /><br />■ Photos by Hiro Ikematsu (SET) ■<br /><br />*Discount list 1500 yen<br />email: parties4peace@gmail.com<br /><br />Event on IFLYER: </span></span><a href="http://iflyer.tv/event/66983" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">http://<wbr>iflyer.<wbr>tv/even<wbr>t/66983</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /><br />INFO: </span></span><a href="http://www.parties4peace.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">http://<wbr>www.par<wbr>ties4pe<wbr>ace.com<wbr>/</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /><br />*funds from this event go to support the OKINAWA PEACE PROJECT<br />to learn more about our project, visit our website:<br /></span></span><a href="http://www.us-for-okinawa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">http://<wbr>www.us-<wbr>for-oki<wbr>nawa.bl<wbr>ogspot.<wbr>com/</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /><br />ぜひ遊びに来てください~! </span></span></span>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-64103962683624584602010-08-31T02:42:00.001-07:002010-08-31T02:45:35.126-07:00ECHO HYPE - fundraiser for the OKINAWA PEACE PROJECT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-fKpSmk61YZ1HgLagT6n6hPEcpRu1lKOgv6vUMhFmKfTrqwS5C4lENANqPjz5OUvcm6lo38R47jkrp3PSMPcbcjIHJBVRpoPICWvGhw4DTIkjmatJEnCF_x-ELrflODWA7tg-HLofUEg/s1600/ECHO-HYPE-SEPT12-SUN.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-fKpSmk61YZ1HgLagT6n6hPEcpRu1lKOgv6vUMhFmKfTrqwS5C4lENANqPjz5OUvcm6lo38R47jkrp3PSMPcbcjIHJBVRpoPICWvGhw4DTIkjmatJEnCF_x-ELrflODWA7tg-HLofUEg/s400/ECHO-HYPE-SEPT12-SUN.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511507410051034402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTG0LTJdlwfJuw9RK4ZjzyByKiulz-rMqSfwqn36Vhe7hKgqPP35fHZouJpTncJ6KJtAtmGG0DrNlMv6kr5gjhzxpCPgBMqTFTZn-SVm3Lcswr8JH5UEPp6wLgN6kflRJ9YkvO_S3wm0/s1600/ECHO-HYPE-back.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTG0LTJdlwfJuw9RK4ZjzyByKiulz-rMqSfwqn36Vhe7hKgqPP35fHZouJpTncJ6KJtAtmGG0DrNlMv6kr5gjhzxpCPgBMqTFTZn-SVm3Lcswr8JH5UEPp6wLgN6kflRJ9YkvO_S3wm0/s400/ECHO-HYPE-back.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511507272343495650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />NEXT EVENT:<br />9.12 (SUN) ECHO HYPE<br />Sunday afternoon party<br />at Favela in Aoyama<br />地図: <a href="http://www.favela.jp/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>www.fav<wbr>ela.jp</a><br /><br />DJs<br />Ryo Tsutsui (Eden / Weekend Warriorz )<br />Sho-hey (Octagon)<br />Sam Fitzgerald (P4P)<br />Bosh (Dial )<br />DJ Maada<br />Raha (Ooooze)<br /><br />+ Live Art & Free Organic food<br />*Party from 16:00 ~ 24:00 / 2000 yen<br /><br />*Discount list 1500 yen / email: parties4peace@gmail.com<br /><br />INFO: <a href="http://www.parties4peace.com/" target="_blank">http://<wbr>www.par<wbr>ties4pe<wbr>ace.com</a>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-5800278811662743572010-08-29T23:11:00.000-07:002010-08-29T23:14:25.424-07:00Beach Clean-up at Enoshima east beach<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJR1xc3SXuX-Cs0qXZSUZZd7K0mcvXmFriSvxZKDgqew3V-S45D-AIp922mUDA10BeWfuqdhmfzYqoYAba_4mP5cC1kIY5_QG0DLj8QNOK_1ecU5G986jIIWUQ-JZoBAMutfNRNEx9BWE/s1600/IMG_0614.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJR1xc3SXuX-Cs0qXZSUZZd7K0mcvXmFriSvxZKDgqew3V-S45D-AIp922mUDA10BeWfuqdhmfzYqoYAba_4mP5cC1kIY5_QG0DLj8QNOK_1ecU5G986jIIWUQ-JZoBAMutfNRNEx9BWE/s400/IMG_0614.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511082374311942546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/us.for.okinawa/BeachCleanUp#"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBAa0CxUYB3OykW2g_WIc-S7XYPgmc4_6ijEHNFDIHP_L-vkredHYQMzWAAU1txSq_5WhuD3CLUfLaiEtdMyrgmZylKrDh83nSb_DgCtvSG66FyaHRf6RBeAnTBx-Uvz9bGDUE4DVnBc/s400/IMG_0611.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511081697862678178" border="0" /></a><br />US for OKINAWA and PangeaSeed join together for a beach-clean up and eco-friendly lunch over the weekend!<br /><br />We plan to organize another beach event next year for Ocean`s day (海の日) in Japan !<br /><br />To see more photos, click here:<br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/us.for.okinawa/BeachCleanUp#">http://picasaweb.google.com/us.for.okinawa/BeachCleanUp#</a>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-68737958916399619932010-08-23T18:25:00.000-07:002010-08-23T18:40:14.080-07:00Beach Clean-up & Party at On the Blue, Enoshima<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://iflyer.tv/event/64753/Mariana-and-P4P-present-BCWW-BEACH-WEEKENDER-2010--ON-THE-BLUE-Enoshima-East-Beach/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiBz1tZ6a0hIc68jBpDMtntnqGTHGgscZho8ORC3YgOWMlK1gY-HoS7gAajEgD5sqIO4WStUekaof47xAKeSTVXGr1rfP40a1eaoXfLzrJaCMWV8qr7AjtfVEmODB75oQVw3LeSfha5U/s400/Beach-Event-ECO-8_29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508784215859995106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://iflyer.tv/event/64753/Mariana-and-P4P-present-BCWW-BEACH-WEEKENDER-2010--ON-THE-BLUE-Enoshima-East-Beach/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLxqbLIb2tZDssGo4SlJcOuI5mINNV6gVS2Oz-fAtcJfFwQjvHr_QTZeoffgocFE6_355fRVJq1nnDWsapq04KtxFrEy9FwsPDHBTh9fKibDNFq80N9AlDE_qJwOJEfThKpE0UGImz48/s400/bomchikawahwahdavIV-01_FRONT-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508783394428797890" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You are invited to join us at Enoshima beach for our first Beach Clean-up action and Eco picnic just before the BCWW beach party starting at 2 pm! </span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Our time table is below, please come meet at On the Blue beach house at 11 am for the beach clean-up and stay for the party (last track at 8 pm !) </span> <span style="font-family:arial;">今年はBCWWのビーチパーティー、8月29日(日)の</span><span>朝から江ノ島ビーチCLEANUPキャンペーンをやりま</span><span>す!そのあと、ゴミゼロ・ランチ、みんなでビーチでピッ</span><span>クニックをして、マイ箸などを持ってきます!ゴミになら</span><span>ないようなランチです!その次はON THE BLUE</span>のビーチハウスで<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span>14:00~はDJタイムスタット!今回はDJs MX</span><span>、Aosawa, Nobu, Ahimsaもとくべつ</span>のDJセットやります!ぜひ遊びに来てください!<br /><div id="id_4c73207ea46071096bf34" class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /><br /><span>■ 8.29 ( SUN ) ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>■■■■■■■■■■■<br />Beach Clean-up & music event<br />at ON THE BLUE, Enoshima beach<br /><br /><br />■BEACH EVENT INFO: 8月29日(日)<br /><span>このパーティーの収益金の20%はパンジャシードとUS</span><wbr><span> for Okinawaの自然保護活動へと寄付されます。パーテ</span><wbr><span>ィーの当日は11:00よりボランティア活動として江ノ</span><wbr><span>島ビーチの清掃を企画していますので皆さん是非参加して</span><wbr>下さい!<br />Beach Clean-up from 11:00 am on Sunday, August 29th at Enoshima`s On the Blue Beach House ! 20% of the funds from the party will be donated to US for OKINAWA.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">■EVENT Timetable for AUG 29 (SUNDAY):</span><br />10:45 * Meet at On the BLUE江ノ島ビーチハウス<br /><br />11:00 * Volunteer Beach Clean up<br />ボランティア活動として江ノ島ビーチの清掃を企画します<br /><br />12:30 * Zero-trash eco-picnic, bring your My Hashi / cups and veggie food!<br /><span>ごみゼロランチ!みんなでピクニクする!(マイ箸などを</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>持ってきてください!)<br /><br />13:00 * While having lunch, PangeaSeed will give us a talk about the Ocean!<br /><span>ランチを食べながら、PangeaSeedからの海につ</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>いてのエコTalk!<br /><br />14:00 * Beach Party starts! Live art, music !<br /><span>BCWWのビーチパーティー!音楽、ライブアート、DJ</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>s!<br /><br />20:00 * Party ends / パーティーEND!<br /><br />20:30 * Quick beach clean up after the party<br /><span>パーティーが終わったら、もう一回ビーチをキレイにする</span><wbr><span class="word_break"></span>!<br />21:30 FINISH <br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />■DJs</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />DJ NOBU // Future Terror</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />MX // Blackmaps / Real Grooves</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Aosawa // KSR</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Ahimsa // Burning Desire/Dakini</span></span><br /><br />ACCESS: ON THE BLUE 江ノ島<br />■駅:片瀬江ノ島 (Odakyu line)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PARTY INFO HERE:</span><br /><a href="http://iflyer.tv/event/64753/Mariana-and-P4P-present-BCWW-BEACH-WEEKENDER-2010--ON-THE-BLUE-Enoshima-East-Beach/">http://iflyer.tv/event/64753/Mariana-and-P4P-present-BCWW-BEACH-WEEKENDER-2010--ON-THE-BLUE-Enoshima-East-Beach/</a><br /><a href="http://iflyer.tv/event/64753/Mariana-and-P4P-present-BCWW-BEACH-WEEKENDER-2010--ON-THE-BLUE-Enoshima-East-Beach/See" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span><br /></span></a></span></div>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-43697384283644696412010-08-18T18:53:00.000-07:002010-08-23T18:23:58.941-07:00US for OKINAWA participates in an art exhibit organized by PangeaSeed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9VpQi-21z0vz95pTjJ8OIrpfLdjHY-sZAn1tXH3dbD8rSRPAshJIRQri_EJy9JVXAOaq9f1glaGKckHd_Ca6pkQ-5SKMMO-1CmiNOC5q20lzvt6zFKCpOu8ybxBW1FblbslIJA3Oyww/s1600/em+3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9VpQi-21z0vz95pTjJ8OIrpfLdjHY-sZAn1tXH3dbD8rSRPAshJIRQri_EJy9JVXAOaq9f1glaGKckHd_Ca6pkQ-5SKMMO-1CmiNOC5q20lzvt6zFKCpOu8ybxBW1FblbslIJA3Oyww/s400/em+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506934008741988098" border="0" /></a><br />This week, US for OKINAWA participated in the art exhibit, Shark Love, organized by <a href="http://www.pangeaseed.com/">PangeaSeed</a> at Gallery T in Enoshima, Japan. <div><br /></div><div>Coming up on AUG 29th (Sunday), both organizations will be supporting the <a href="http://iflyer.tv/event/64753/Mariana-and-P4P-present-BCWW-BEACH-WEEKENDER-2010--ON-THE-BLUE-Enoshima-East-Beach/">BCWW music event and a beach clean-up in Enoshima</a><a href="http://iflyer.tv/event/64753/Mariana-and-P4P-present-BCWW-BEACH-WEEKENDER-2010--ON-THE-BLUE-Enoshima-East-Beach/"> at On the Blue Beach House.</a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://iflyer.tv/event/64753/Mariana-and-P4P-present-BCWW-BEACH-WEEKENDER-2010--ON-THE-BLUE-Enoshima-East-Beach/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLd09gKryd-eJUQCFNealAbKBbsuRidFk7Qw_nBCw-IvB6XEH2OxRROmpFpjhwT4_SMCbsPmutiDkBHrYDSBTmVM1y5vliIupEgaOAN-Ph0J_scqlxGdguUbY8z0H0CzQ4aALkYAk0oI/s400/Beach-Event-ECO-8_29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508779885670222498" border="0" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-31591531517220787682010-08-07T18:58:00.000-07:002010-08-07T19:02:21.398-07:00Save the Dugong group at AUDIO TOKYO MUSIC FESTIVAL<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWhJVYOGrvQg5D6Pjs73_sN8Re4EjuPzxVf6OYH01IbHJ_K57U1gj8isoPS8cfVmJ-RQtcr6d76oVQQQ2CGPbmhHWrY7mvintvn_lWvsimR2M0hU7ADEonZ08UxIK1c_52gnuKhU2HUA/s1600/07-17d4d5c382b7b1ee.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWhJVYOGrvQg5D6Pjs73_sN8Re4EjuPzxVf6OYH01IbHJ_K57U1gj8isoPS8cfVmJ-RQtcr6d76oVQQQ2CGPbmhHWrY7mvintvn_lWvsimR2M0hU7ADEonZ08UxIK1c_52gnuKhU2HUA/s400/07-17d4d5c382b7b1ee.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502853331528319634" /></a><br /><div>US for OKINAWA invites the "Save the Dugong" Group to the Audio Tokyo Music Festival at Harumi.</div><div><br /></div><div>See their blog update and info here:</div><div><a href="http://www.sdcc.jp/result/10/07-17-tokyo.html">http://www.sdcc.jp/result/10/07-17-tokyo.html</a></div>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-69981622060158115952010-08-02T21:12:00.000-07:002010-08-03T19:28:10.605-07:00FUJI ROCK "OCEAN LOVE" at the NGO Village<span style="font-weight: bold;">富士ロックのNGO VILLAGEでOCEAN LOVEのブースを出しました!Fuji Rock NGO VILLAGE REPORT ! </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdd53XBt1y3KYNr7tDofMs5lZScdu9SJYnB-mrGqECAgCuU71p8uGHFpPaVDto0iXlxKvjcxonUJD1gxvt0oQORoQIfMVReHZmYojgDqyYFZ0Q_KVCzVt5Jp-5YEfteKJAFlmC6Bw2nn0/s1600/IMG_0233.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdd53XBt1y3KYNr7tDofMs5lZScdu9SJYnB-mrGqECAgCuU71p8uGHFpPaVDto0iXlxKvjcxonUJD1gxvt0oQORoQIfMVReHZmYojgDqyYFZ0Q_KVCzVt5Jp-5YEfteKJAFlmC6Bw2nn0/s400/IMG_0233.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501033277410422706" border="0" /></a><br />ステージ「Gypsey Avalon」を中心に、人権、平和、環境団体などがアピールブースを構える「NGO村」や「オーガニック村」「フリマーケット」「ワークショップ」 「マッサージテント」もあります。 朝霧 JAMS' ボランティアが運営する「朝霧食堂」では、焼きそば、MILK 食品にも注目!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7O507IFkbU1luXbIheNUwq6lwzcKsZqBzk9B3pb6ZHyAP-ZsrNBEc3BB4bbhzXWOWyUOesU83KHJLSWhsbbwLGh40ttLcW0hzvDAyy-PBah1S1DXWonlE5FDtKFgL0v1M8KIx4e3BpM/s1600/IMG_0244s.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7O507IFkbU1luXbIheNUwq6lwzcKsZqBzk9B3pb6ZHyAP-ZsrNBEc3BB4bbhzXWOWyUOesU83KHJLSWhsbbwLGh40ttLcW0hzvDAyy-PBah1S1DXWonlE5FDtKFgL0v1M8KIx4e3BpM/s400/IMG_0244s.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501034662323772946" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKa5LeYefjvgp5fpsTpgbIOaV6ftln20TbHzmTqoYEWWqUXsMk-qDuEpkvEnNAZpt7qogw6zLysQSWcF3ztRf2lbd8jKwKBgzK_JC1LjbOAd3DFGUpwcZSRujOXeP76KV6OPD8mUGGyDU/s1600/IMG_0253s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKa5LeYefjvgp5fpsTpgbIOaV6ftln20TbHzmTqoYEWWqUXsMk-qDuEpkvEnNAZpt7qogw6zLysQSWcF3ztRf2lbd8jKwKBgzK_JC1LjbOAd3DFGUpwcZSRujOXeP76KV6OPD8mUGGyDU/s400/IMG_0253s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501033683365012594" border="0" /></a><br />We met Zach de la Rocha from Rage Against the Machine! He is truly a peace activist and amazing artist!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi13y_QcUYIVbr_a-HQWIHOQ1_pi9mIFKOTD3yr7gH147hMZWPMZTzRTpgLa6UNMAh1dmAinBxK1ucc5ONpmmqpwLlBDLg1joUY7l-W82HsEyzl3aZMWJj9sOubUMjQk0oUqhz7VzgZY2s/s1600/IMG_0214.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi13y_QcUYIVbr_a-HQWIHOQ1_pi9mIFKOTD3yr7gH147hMZWPMZTzRTpgLa6UNMAh1dmAinBxK1ucc5ONpmmqpwLlBDLg1joUY7l-W82HsEyzl3aZMWJj9sOubUMjQk0oUqhz7VzgZY2s/s400/IMG_0214.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501032950516040962" border="0" /></a><br />VIDEO AT FUJI ROCK !<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqfXHH921WQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqfXHH921WQ</a><br /><br /><br />FUJI ROCK 2010<br />NGO VILLAGE presents: OCEAN LOVE<br />US for OKINAWA + PangeaSeed<br />http://www.us-for-okinawa.blogspot.com<br />http://www.pangeaseed.com<br /><br />Supported by:<br /><a href="http://www.peaceboat.org/">http://www.peaceboat.org</a><br /><a href="http://www.parties4peace.com/">http://www.parties4peace.com</a><br /><br />Electricity used on this whole field is produced from bio diesel and solar power to tackle CO2 emission.<br />Chill out in this relaxed hospitality area, including Gypsy Avalon, the NGO Village, set up to appeal for human rights, environmental and peace causes, Organic Village, the Flea Market and workshops. Volunteers from Asagiri JAM helped to run 'ASAGIRI SHOKUDO'. Amazing experience !<br /><a href="http://www.fujirockfestival.com/news/">http://www.fujirockfestival.com/news/</a><br />Location: N<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqfXHH921WQ"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheKIigY4pb9Q8gWPvW025fJrbuZ8zVfA0sXy3yFcAFHo4TNHjZ08eK9ZcRpnYYzDLA-uPXsFxNRSJgbPc5eErbW1tzXizaVM-p_8rWd4x2TtsGRgfiCQ0rcaTOfrslJF3IW6PryxAqYaU/s400/4856314758_7f277daf0a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501374753832289394" border="0" /></a>iigata, JapanUS for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-4563510747790888822010-07-26T06:32:00.000-07:002010-07-26T06:38:09.351-07:00US for OKINAWA at Fuji Rock Festival !<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">N</span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">EXT EVENT</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">JULY 29 - AUG 1, 2010</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div><div><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">PangeaSeed &</span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> US for OKINAWA</span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">present<br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">OCEAN LOVE at FUJI ROCK</span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> MUSIC FESTIVAL,</span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> JAPAN<br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">INFO:</span></span></span></span></h2><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9lt6GcP4nIJ_sqB3rm59PcvFUEVF-MmldPFQUimEBdPRnZ5bbwaz46w-q3NSVdvBDCHLlWC_LlqRrngJFV4n7NuaJO8Z2IND6gp2QHSIeo1LVf6TTL5vop-fl5ZvOqw4NfAjtgfBm3o/s400/fuji-rock-ngo.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 215px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498208047696697234" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifaokclOOauJ1mHkUEt7a2Tm7X4WN9ltC7CmI7Bknsu1YgTvGMkOFSRLaBFcdn5bR-M9O-V4fBlv9VDzeOTF9vsCYFhyphenhyphenT9q_ukBRjFa4ugvF3QockhQBzpndvBTQRfzq50zosFqKCyuWI/s400/fuji-rock-ngo-oceanlove.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498208212609466482" /><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.smash-uk.com/frf10/news.php?id=59">http://www.smash-uk.com/frf10/news.php?id=59</a></span></span></span></h2><div><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">INFO:<br />PANGEASEED </span></span><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pangeaseed.com/" style="color: rgb(59, 89, 152); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://www.pangeaseed.com/</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br />US for OKINAWA </span></span><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.us-for-okinawa.blogspot.com/" style="color: rgb(59, 89, 152); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">http://www.us-for-okinawa.blogspot.com/</span></span></a></span></h2></div></div></span>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-71828077572152146382010-05-31T16:09:00.000-07:002010-05-31T16:21:45.287-07:00US for OKINAWA & PangeaSeed Art Exhibit<span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><br />PangeaSeed & US for OKINAWA present</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsq5sh7iObOAJZwG24QMhIBRTCJe4VywC-Zr-2fdTp3fphGKIF0Clggjys5JcM8YCzFmrGMQ31gg3tmL_uoySDqxQcocKXZzFyada0bivaiCALgS7-hmMW7pzIJSQ8W3y8HXfZkXTCSs/s1600/sea-change.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 336px; height: 480px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsq5sh7iObOAJZwG24QMhIBRTCJe4VywC-Zr-2fdTp3fphGKIF0Clggjys5JcM8YCzFmrGMQ31gg3tmL_uoySDqxQcocKXZzFyada0bivaiCALgS7-hmMW7pzIJSQ8W3y8HXfZkXTCSs/s400/sea-change.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477577324178284146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">"Sea Change" - an exploration of the ocean`s beauty through music and art, our one-month exhibition will not only portray the aquatic marine life from the depth of the seas, but will also encourage our viewers to engage in more critical thinking about the current environmental and political dangers that our Oceans are facing today.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Join us for our Art Reception Party on June 13th (Sunday)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Place: Pink Cow, Shibuya </span><br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" href="http://www.thepinkcow.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.thepinkcow.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Time: 17:00 OPEN</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Film: 17:20 SPECIAL SCREENING of the award-winning film Shark Water, followed by special guest speakers! </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Music by London Calling / Cafe Kitsch crew/ Redolent</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Live Acoustic set with Sunset Drive (www.sunsetdrive.jp)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Live art by Rah and Wrecks (www.sideroom.com/www.wrecks.jp)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">500 Yen donation at the door with live music, art, poetry</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">*delicious food and drinks available at the bar*</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">INFO:</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">PANGEASEED </span><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" href="http://www.pangeaseed.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.pangeaseed.com/</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">US for OKINAWA </span><a style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" href="http://www.us-for-okinawa.blogspot.com/" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.us-for-okinawa.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Japanese Information:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">PangeaSeed & US for OKINAWA present:</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">"Sea Change" - 音楽やアートを通して海の素晴らしさを探求しよう! </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">この1ヶ月を通しての展示会は、奥深いマリンライフを描くだけではな く、今海が直面している政治的な問題や最近の環境への危機について、より批判的に考えていこうと働きかけるものです。 </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">展示会期間:6 月1日〜30日 </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">レセプションパーティあり :6月13日 (日)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">場所: The Pink Cow 渋谷 www.thepinkcow.com</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">オープン: 17:00〜 </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">フィルム:17:20~ 『Shark Water』with スペシャルゲスト!!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">入場:500円寄付のみ。</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">映像、ライブ、アート、詩、そしてスペシャルゲストあり。</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">* おいしい食べ物とドリンクあります*</span>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-50358743140461698082010-05-21T22:57:00.000-07:002010-05-24T03:22:00.892-07:00SHORT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT OKINAWAUS for OKINAWA supports the work of free-lance journalist, Sonia Narang as she covers the topic of the bases in Okinawa. Please watch this short documentary to learn more !<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/jan-june10/okinawa_05-21.html" target="_blank">http://www.pbs.org/newshour/<wbr>bb/asia/jan-june10/okinawa_05-<wbr>21.html</a><br /><br />Sonia Narang covers Japan for GlobalPost (Globalpost.com). She is a multimedia reporter who previously worked as a video journalist for NBC News, where she reported, filmed, and edited stories for the "Nightly News" and Msnbc.com. She was also an associate interactive producer at the PBS international documentary program Frontline/World, where she reported an award-winning multimedia series in rural India. Sonia’s video and print work has also appeared in Forbes, the San Jose Mercury News, and The New York Times Magazine. She has filmed and photographed throughout Asia, and she lived in Japan six years ago.<br /><br /><br />LABOR BEAT presents a video about the OKINAWA RALLY on APRIL 25th<br />* ENGLISH SUBTITLES *<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GExkHh-VtK0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GExkHh-VtK0</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlm5q4iYrQXDuJ-mkxqr3QjddE7sEoKILfjg7FGWsrPdywy4OE2zLFLP4TCs0MIYe0p93TulJVZVxd3NcDkk2sT0SRXX0T2vLdtWvANrb-PQ-qXVzeV6DIG9WITouCcLbrxr-fKmc86E/s1600/view9229238.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlm5q4iYrQXDuJ-mkxqr3QjddE7sEoKILfjg7FGWsrPdywy4OE2zLFLP4TCs0MIYe0p93TulJVZVxd3NcDkk2sT0SRXX0T2vLdtWvANrb-PQ-qXVzeV6DIG9WITouCcLbrxr-fKmc86E/s400/view9229238.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474779627103910258" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.jiji.com/jc/p?id=20100418165232-9229238&n=1">Photo by Jiji News Agency</a>.US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-6450596749762967212010-05-14T22:37:00.000-07:002010-05-16T23:57:38.164-07:00ACTION for OKINAWA , MAY 14th (Friday)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIddLrKg8E9Y40qoC0Cfqaomxtslao3EsHmEgAPhW76iJd-ZKJvWpOCTejATTzkDO5aFSwMvyyGgMJ06DkeT7ITB6RI1kfqa2upWZQa21vveiU7PaGHLH9YEpKDuX_4ZSTSb8JIrqids/s1600/514-USforOKINAWA.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcIddLrKg8E9Y40qoC0Cfqaomxtslao3EsHmEgAPhW76iJd-ZKJvWpOCTejATTzkDO5aFSwMvyyGgMJ06DkeT7ITB6RI1kfqa2upWZQa21vveiU7PaGHLH9YEpKDuX_4ZSTSb8JIrqids/s400/514-USforOKINAWA.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471367575306411202" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">More than 500 people gathered on Friday, May 14th, for the Peace Action in front of the Diet Building in Tokyo - " NO Base Okinawa" gathering with various NGO`s such as Peace Boat, Green Peace, WWF, World Peace Now and more...</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Interview with Mr. Teruya from Okinawa (Japanese)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ1u0B6C1iM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ1u0B6C1iM</a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span><div><div class="documentDescriptionVideo">5月14日、国会前に460名が集まり、首相官邸に向け「普天間基地撤去」のコールが響き渡った。(主催、「沖縄に基地はいらない」全国同時アクションTokyo)</div> <br />VIDEO 14 MAY , 2010<br />"NO BASE OKINAWA"<br /> <div> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/uniontube55?gl=JP&hl=ja#p/u/2/WG4e9m3AQoM">SEE THE VIDEO ON YOU TUBE HERE</a><br /><br /></span><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxKFXWvQQP59htDO2ce_WS3TN-cnjl_6bCBIGcKgtZBX0QQhF9QskvIdl6S3_hOBHBwTLeHX-FmMjlSE4Xk' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Produced:</span> <span>2010/05/14</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Duration:</span> <span> 4 minutes 22 seconds</span> </div> <!-- file size --> <span style="font-weight: bold;">File Size:</span> <span>10.0 MB</span> <br /><p> </p><div class="visualClear"><!-- --></div> <!-- full description - richtext --> <div class="videoitem-description-heading"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Full description:</span> </div> <p>この行動は、4月25日に明治公園に1250人が参加して「NO BASE OKINAWA」の文字をキャンドルで浮かび上がらせた行動に続くもので、16日に沖縄現地で行われる普天間基地包囲行動に連帯する取り組みである。</p> <p>鳩山首相は自ら決めた5月という期限を前に、とうとう辺野古桟橋案、鹿児島県徳之島移設案を「政府案」とするという暴挙に出た。これは、沖縄と徳之 島にとって全く容認できないという事は、すでに明々白々なのにである。政府は、官房長官を先頭にすでに反対を明確にしている徳之島に乗り込み、切り崩しま で図ろうとしている。5月の期限を守るという事は、県内移設、徳之島に移設ということであったのか!という落胆の声が沖縄で大きくなっている。しかしこの 局面は、鳩山政権大きな焦りをもあらわにした。今こそ、政府により大きな県内移設NO!の力を見せつけ、この時期に安易には決めてはならない!という力関 係を築く必要があるのだ。(湯本)</p> <p> </p> <p>*映像に出てきた、「ナマケモノ倶楽部」の会員MLのやりとりから誕生した「最低でも県外、最高は…」ムーブメントについてのウェブサイトは、以下です。</p> <p><span class="link-external"><a href="http://www.sloth.gr.jp/aboutus/event/2010/nobase2.htm">http://www.sloth.gr.jp/aboutus/event/2010/nobase2.htm</a></span></p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;" ><br /></span></div></div>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-25540204904052086862010-04-25T07:12:00.000-07:002010-04-25T18:54:13.827-07:00APRIL 25th OKINAWA SOLIDARITY ACTIONS<div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">More than 1,000 people gather for the Candle Action for a Base Free Okinawa, held at Meiji park in Tokyo</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQXr6OnUB3w77PEWaczDo9-kczcloZz4p7JlwwxhA2IBql5KaPhMsBDs1Z5d3zqoTdX9dwKsArVuBw5J_sbG_ocn0ou9Zheyo65RlgYlGmVfWRCKTFDha3Vkp6XsDCMWyP0G-FQqtXT8/s1600/DSC_1393.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQXr6OnUB3w77PEWaczDo9-kczcloZz4p7JlwwxhA2IBql5KaPhMsBDs1Z5d3zqoTdX9dwKsArVuBw5J_sbG_ocn0ou9Zheyo65RlgYlGmVfWRCKTFDha3Vkp6XsDCMWyP0G-FQqtXT8/s400/DSC_1393.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464255997898123266" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zQ6B3DB3P4vw0786697LoAoe18D7S4BWPyFcFWMjv4UXlYVCMjOxreD79nxAkwP9gxozpisuLkaHrhw90NFjCzbbi6K1vMcs-IoreaF7leOUp6vmkuK2NnT77sd-DWlHeljmSZulP08/s1600/DSC_1371.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zQ6B3DB3P4vw0786697LoAoe18D7S4BWPyFcFWMjv4UXlYVCMjOxreD79nxAkwP9gxozpisuLkaHrhw90NFjCzbbi6K1vMcs-IoreaF7leOUp6vmkuK2NnT77sd-DWlHeljmSZulP08/s400/DSC_1371.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464256128067389506" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Candle action was organized by a coalition of well-known Japanese individuals, including university professors, authors, artists, lawyers, educators, commentators, musicians and representatives of NGOs including <a href="http://www.peaceboat.org/">Peace Boat</a>, <a href="http://www.wwf.or.jp/activities/2010/03/789315.html">WWF Japan</a>, <a href="http://www.pangeaseed.com/">PangeaSeed</a>, <a href="http://www.greenpeace.or.jp/campaign/oceans/dugong/2009/situation2009_html?fromhome">Greenpeace Japan</a> and US for OKINAWA.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0SdbYkSioDcsKcYXwPUtM1oT_Pe9rzdrdwovu5_jb3tRoQl4AuR7_9wMr8lQ8XfFjzUXmRaW-nrT2DwTPYpcefnjmFDPg-3Y4LEtuXO2jqp_MHMaokwqF8uO-QssNOh1A2hyphenhyphenkGvmGBM/s1600/DSC_1331.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0SdbYkSioDcsKcYXwPUtM1oT_Pe9rzdrdwovu5_jb3tRoQl4AuR7_9wMr8lQ8XfFjzUXmRaW-nrT2DwTPYpcefnjmFDPg-3Y4LEtuXO2jqp_MHMaokwqF8uO-QssNOh1A2hyphenhyphenkGvmGBM/s400/DSC_1331.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464256324369511906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpD_LexLV8thpOc7RDfLteOhRn08dGv-_q5Py-o5ISJtYCTLAeFth556K-qEefEoqCvNLU-hbpZ_wNteOEVzFSit5lk0Ldnyvqjwm0Os0k5umVBgFwKTs8eDUS92Z_X9AAAa8ayjEBT9U/s1600/DSC_1353.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpD_LexLV8thpOc7RDfLteOhRn08dGv-_q5Py-o5ISJtYCTLAeFth556K-qEefEoqCvNLU-hbpZ_wNteOEVzFSit5lk0Ldnyvqjwm0Os0k5umVBgFwKTs8eDUS92Z_X9AAAa8ayjEBT9U/s400/DSC_1353.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464257324716266258" border="0" /></a><br />Peace Boat staff and US for OKINAWA member, Emilie McGlone from the United States, encourages a more peaceful means to improving diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan.<br />-------------------------------<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Support for Okinawa's Citizens' Rally Echoes from Across the Seas</span><br /><a href="http://www.peaceboat.org/">http://www.peaceboat.org </a><br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4OnNPRPgs1uysbf0JP0wpz8AnSDA-1yQA7-dRy3iBw0cYTdHBCrTAEz99KzMnJ6UMp5dbcjLn5_2rz-AXGC3iCPwIrt6Go7A3g3fSD5vZDvLeemyj1bJ1z6gXz2XTIrFbuEBc4g5PEM/s1600/Ishikgaki+for+a+base+free+Okinawa+%28Photo+Courtesy+of+Shunya+Mizumoto%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 240px; float: left; height: 180px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464078765996003394" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4OnNPRPgs1uysbf0JP0wpz8AnSDA-1yQA7-dRy3iBw0cYTdHBCrTAEz99KzMnJ6UMp5dbcjLn5_2rz-AXGC3iCPwIrt6Go7A3g3fSD5vZDvLeemyj1bJ1z6gXz2XTIrFbuEBc4g5PEM/s400/Ishikgaki+for+a+base+free+Okinawa+%28Photo+Courtesy+of+Shunya+Mizumoto%29.jpg" border="0" /></a> On April 25, 2010, tens of thousands of Okinawans gathered to call for the closure of Futenma, a U.S. Marine air base that has regularly exposed local people to intolerable noise pollution, deprived them of the opportunity to develop land in the city for more effective, profitable and peaceful purposes, and subjected them to base related accidents and crime for more than 60 years. They also rallied to oppose U.S. pressure to construct greatly expanded and modernized U.S. military facilities at the expense of taxpayers in Japan in Henoko, an area in Okinawa that is environmentally sensitive and diverse.</div><br />To express support for this Citizens Rally, Peace Boat and US for OKINAWA Peace Action Network organized a gathering onboard Peace Boat during its current 69th Global Voyage for Peace. Citizens from all around mainland Japan, as well as from the U.S., England, Canada, Australia, and Spain joined Okinawans in calling for peace to built on Okinawa rather than military bases.<br /><div><br />During the gathering, a school teacher from Okinawa described how bases such as Kadena were built by force of bulldozers and rifles, and were imposed upon local people against their will at a time when their homes and livelihoods had been destroyed by war, and opposition was impossible. Now, however, she emphasized, the people of Okinawa will never allow another base to be built in the region. This is not only because of the heavy burden they place on Okinawan people, she added, but because military bases are places where attacks are planned on other countries—attacks that deprive people of their lives and right to live in peace. She noted that Kadena Air Base was used to launch attacks on Da Nang, Viet Nam, a port Peace Boat had left just two days earlier, and a place where many Peace Boat participants had the opportunity to directly meet Agent Orange victims and others who are still suffering the effects of the Vietnam War today.<br /><br />Another speaker who was born and raised in Tokyo said he didn't think U.S. military bases were necessary in Okinawa or any other region of Japan, and instead called for Japan's Article 9, which renounces war as a means of settling international disputes and the maintenance of bellicose potential, to be exported to the rest of the world as a more effective means of establishing peace and security. Lastly, an American citizen addressed the crowd and spoke of the need to reallocate our world's resources away from military bases and weapons toward mechanisms and endeavors that will make our world truly sustainable and secure in the face of looming problems such as climate change, natural disasters, poverty, and dwindling natural resources.<br /><br />In addition to the gathering onboard, gatherings and rallies were held the same day in Tokyo, Washington, San Francisco and Hawai'i to support the Okinawan Citizen's rally.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YVpnUFf56zuPRE6QmI5BwoAfrHDWw2b5FFTlCJlnR4n5xdXvoZFAxOdqnZShWDVo8gAYjiYmAW8paAjw72ubvFt6Ru9AGGEAR64QbQLzHY96_j3HxD1VCxZ5KDCnNN51dHN-tOLUQ2A/s1600/PEACE+no+Bases+in+Okinawa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px; float: left; height: 180px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464079429890752946" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YVpnUFf56zuPRE6QmI5BwoAfrHDWw2b5FFTlCJlnR4n5xdXvoZFAxOdqnZShWDVo8gAYjiYmAW8paAjw72ubvFt6Ru9AGGEAR64QbQLzHY96_j3HxD1VCxZ5KDCnNN51dHN-tOLUQ2A/s400/PEACE+no+Bases+in+Okinawa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://mainichi.jp/select/today/news/20100426k0000m040073000c.html">CLICK HERE TO SEE THE MAINICHI NEWS ARTICLE</a> about the event in Tokyo</div><br />This is an indication that more and more people in mainland Japan, the United States and other nations around the world are starting to realize how much harm military bases are inflicting upon communities and the natural environment in Okinawa, and supporting Okinawans' call for a change.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;" ><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Solidarity Statement for Okinawa<br />Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute (NARPI) Steering Committee</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">April 25, 2010<br />Seoul, Republic of Korea<br /></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Steering Committee for the Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute (NARPI), currently meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">expresses </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">its solidarity to the Okinawan people </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">on </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">this day of action and our support for their call for </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">peace, </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">demilitarization</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and respect for the will of the people</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">NARPI provides peacebuilding training, in both theory and practice, for Northeast Asian people</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, using education to transform a culture of militarism and violence to a culture of peace.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We, the </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">representatives from China, India, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea and Russia, acknowledge that the </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">existence of armaments and military bases promote rather than deter conflict; and that particularly considering the rem</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">n</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ant Cold War structures in Northeast Asia, the global realignment and build-up of US military forces poses a serious threat to the region. The presence of these bases, as experienced throughout Northeast Asia, only serves to exacerbate violence, conflict, pollution, environmental</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">degradation, and </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">the escalation of existing conflicts and an arms race within the region.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> We are deeply concerned that the external military presence in the region hampers progress towards regional solidarity, cooperation and peaceful cooexistence.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Furthermore, if the vast resources expended on the military in Northeast Asia – including </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">on </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">the hosting of US bases - were diverted to human needs, many of the urgent issues of potential conflict, disparity and development within the region could be addressed.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We believe that sustainable peace can be created through r</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">espect </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">for </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">local democratic processes, disarmament and demilitarisation, </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">developing </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">human</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">relationships and </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">education</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> for peace</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution and the Mongolian Single State Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">are viable alternatives to shift from military security to human security.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, of the civil society in Northeast Asia,</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> therefore support the overwhelming call for the closure of the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station, and call on the Japanese and United States Governments to honour the democratic decision of the Okinawan people. Furthermore, we express our opposition to any new military base construction in Okinawa or </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">anywhere else, including Gangjeong Village in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. We stand in solidarity with the people of Okinawa, and their hundreds of thousands of supporters throughout Japan</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, Northeast Asia</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and the world, to pledge to work together for a base-free Okinawa, and for the creation of a demilitarised, sustainable peace for Northeast Asia.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10.5pt;" lang="EN-US" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px;" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Q5Nuua1O1V0l1ARw7YvAf8W5X-uPW8PwkmJlMiG39l1yOwQnRg_KeVhueaIwG60rJraokvfmuj6Cs61FKGFdQ6PgcQQ58rA016WvIo2wIo-LpDz3Qbo0zYuXW4dTidn-X58WrDyA_jI/s400/korea-action.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464080737070649554" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 334px;" border="0" /></span></span></p><div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10.5pt;" lang="EN-US" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:16px;" ><br /></span></span></div></span></div></div></div></div>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6578197536764274400.post-89082292081339576472010-04-20T00:09:00.000-07:002010-04-22T22:34:38.070-07:00US for OKINAWA at Earth Day, Tokyo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPDztjdsp_qvU0N7O43AZ2nWTwfNwDQINddi06T5Y1UMThYOk75v2IKPwMpI-YbCttWMJ45z20jy1yIz4Xm2f876OhAM67E-M7Rtheg5_BQxchAMDtKwbcu4pSLvQJQBGRqPllixod-o/s1600/IMG_0806d.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPDztjdsp_qvU0N7O43AZ2nWTwfNwDQINddi06T5Y1UMThYOk75v2IKPwMpI-YbCttWMJ45z20jy1yIz4Xm2f876OhAM67E-M7Rtheg5_BQxchAMDtKwbcu4pSLvQJQBGRqPllixod-o/s400/IMG_0806d.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462116583723689202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Earth Day at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo - April 17-18th, 2010</span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://blog.goo.ne.jp/sdcc/e/f4ca1e095b9b1c6d28023ac9c054e257">(日本語はこちらへ。。。)</a><br /><br />US for OKINAWA joined together with <a href="http://www.peaceboat.org/">Peace Boat</a> staff members and <a href="http://www.pangeaseed.com/">PangeaSeed</a> artists and activists during one of Tokyo`s largest environmental events to promote a base-free Okinawa.<br /><br />During the two day event at Yoyogi park, we were able to network with many groups who continue to work towards promoting a healthy environment in Okinawa, protecting the Dugong (a now endangered species), and educating others about the US Military base issue in Japan. Organizations such as <a href="http://www.greenpeace.or.jp/campaign/oceans/dugong/2009/situation2009_html?fromhome">Green Peace Japan</a>, <a href="http://www.wwf.or.jp/activities/2010/03/789315.html">WWF</a>, <a href="http://www.sdcc.jp/iucn/2009-2010-petision.html">SDCC "Save the Dugong Campaign"</a>, <a href="http://www.green-act-saitama.org/">Green Action Saitama</a>, and other civil society organizations joined together to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the nature in Okinawa and preventing yet another military base from being built in one of the most diverse and fragile ecosystems of the world.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rzayZtaXIoe0FzblrIKZFJRqcad50YOcDZ9b2ULl7N2dUVn64SFFWd-c9AuTsS2aKx0cMjso9kpmVGH2uLI3vvAcNtwmyx4Z-g1XHeauzNyTdyoE-Qo_U622-Dj9FxxpIrD_N41fbRQ/s1600/IMG_0805s.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rzayZtaXIoe0FzblrIKZFJRqcad50YOcDZ9b2ULl7N2dUVn64SFFWd-c9AuTsS2aKx0cMjso9kpmVGH2uLI3vvAcNtwmyx4Z-g1XHeauzNyTdyoE-Qo_U622-Dj9FxxpIrD_N41fbRQ/s400/IMG_0805s.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462116888529917906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvgD2Ce1xD1ebrECUKtiDkMaE3bB3t4gLxMwtF5W9BfaRtiYRu2uNJyLL8lw5aYPqNJP6g6WWD3szRtrugnzufz2kXJYIhmJsnXpJGE5YvKHSVaNyx41AoFdyfMMR5BKg2EhAfaD5Hf8/s1600/IMG_0797s.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvgD2Ce1xD1ebrECUKtiDkMaE3bB3t4gLxMwtF5W9BfaRtiYRu2uNJyLL8lw5aYPqNJP6g6WWD3szRtrugnzufz2kXJYIhmJsnXpJGE5YvKHSVaNyx41AoFdyfMMR5BKg2EhAfaD5Hf8/s400/IMG_0797s.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462116731614149746" border="0" /></a><br />For more info about Earth Day, visit their official website:<br /><a href="http://www.earthday-tokyo.org/">http://www.earthday-tokyo.org/</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAri_IjLnJjjhOT93azqR5pl9fNgHxd4PaxzgAPU0nsM_1uzdVOzXkWrJNqRF6H-scYUTTMZx1gfqgXBr_0L9AqbjNYiVlPLnMnXdq-6GSsNGWL5N4m5b2qEWT693ycN7t-tbIr4ZQrw/s1600/IMG_0808s.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 387px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAri_IjLnJjjhOT93azqR5pl9fNgHxd4PaxzgAPU0nsM_1uzdVOzXkWrJNqRF6H-scYUTTMZx1gfqgXBr_0L9AqbjNYiVlPLnMnXdq-6GSsNGWL5N4m5b2qEWT693ycN7t-tbIr4ZQrw/s400/IMG_0808s.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462117752876719842" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxqNLBEN5ReS5aYydZwahMYws6Exp1q3g28eJQgwU-1RLscZh82OcDuEtApzQVS7XRATkaKiE-ah49bg366xCnnOdTFg7Zdj2lvYA43m9jwujUKwSVCaL_v_XcfT79OmAcyNm8_vQnAs/s1600/IMG_0802s.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxqNLBEN5ReS5aYydZwahMYws6Exp1q3g28eJQgwU-1RLscZh82OcDuEtApzQVS7XRATkaKiE-ah49bg366xCnnOdTFg7Zdj2lvYA43m9jwujUKwSVCaL_v_XcfT79OmAcyNm8_vQnAs/s400/IMG_0802s.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462120257502928866" border="0" /></a>US for Okinawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12812175346647349962noreply@blogger.com0