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New Year 2011, Okinawa and the Future of East Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Mark Selden ,
Satoko Oka Norimatsu  and
Gavan McCormack
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The mood across East Asia as 2011 dawns is one of foreboding. Can the militarization and confrontation that gathered momentum through 2010 in the spiral of incidents (Cheonan in March, Senkaku in September, Yeonpyeong in November) and massive regional war rehearsals by the US and its allies be halted and reversed? The fear that events might slide during 2011 into catastrophe is hard to resist.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , January 2011 , e3
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References

Notes

1 See Gavan McCormack, The Battle of Okinawa 2010: Japan-US Relations at a Crossroad.

2 Okinawa Taimusu, 29 December 2010.

3 Steve Rabson, “‘Secret’ 1965 memo reveals plans to keep US bases and nuclear weapons in Okinawa after reversion,” The Asia-Pacific Journal, 21 December 2009.

4 Ida Hiroyuki, “Kambo kimitsuhi yaku 3 oku en ga Okinawa chijisen ni nagarekonda shoko,” Shukan kinyobi, 22 October 2010, p. 20-21.

5 “Teiko koeta bijon o,” Ryukyu shimpo, 4 January 2011.

6 Okinawa Taimusu, 17 December 2010.

7 On the Declaration of Independence issued by “Ryukyu Jichi Kyowakoku Renpo” (by the alliance of Amami, Okinawa, Miyako, and Yaeyama islands) on 23 June 2010, see Matsushima Yasukatsu, “Yuimaru Ryukyu no jichi – ‘Ryukyu’ dokuritsu de ‘heiwa na shima’ e,” Shukan kinyobi, 23 July 2010, p. 22; also “NPO Hojin Yuimaru Ryukyu no jichi,” (link).

8 Paraphrasing the sentiment expressed by Ryukyu University's Shimabukuro Jun, “Jichishu to nari kizuna o saisei suru,” Asahi shimbun, 24 August 2010.

9 Japan Ministry of Defense, Summary of National Defense Guidelines, FY2011.

10 “Furusato nozei kyuzo,” Ryukyu Shimpo, 6 January 2011

11 For discussion on the Kadena noise lawsuits, see “Kokunai saidai genkoku 2 man kyo? Kadena bakuon 3ji sosho, 2ji no 4bai,” Ryukyu Shimpo, 1 Jan 2011 (link) and “Genkoku 2man kyo gendai no minshu hoki dahiko sashitome ni fumikome,” Ryukyu Shimpo, 3 Jan 2011 (link).