Ryukyu-Okinawa History & Culture Website (formerly Contemporary Okinawa), by John Purves This is an absolutely "must read" document for anyone who has a true desire to understand what happened to the people of Okinawa after the war and who further wants to know the state of affairs on the island today! Profound thanks to John for having done this paper and for making it available on the 'net!! Repatriation of Okinawans, 1946 US Army Military Government Repatriation Report, 1 July 1946 to 31 Dec 1946 (page 1) US Army Military Government Repatriation Report, 1 July 1946 to 31 Dec 1946 (page 2) Thanks to Donn Cuson @ rememberingokinawa.com for this report. Overseas Repatriation Movements Thanks to The US Army Center of Military History for this chapter. The negotiating process around ‘homeland level status’ reversion between Japan and Okinawa (.pdf) by Hiroshi Komatsu - Dec 15, 2017 posted 9-9-2018 Twenty-five Years Later! Weekly Times Okinawa Saturday,May 17,1997 Vol.8 No.14 Saturday Evening Edition THE RYUKYUANIST (pdf) A Newsletter on Ryukyuan/Okinawan Studies, No. 36, Spring, 1997 The Ota Testimony: Okinawa's Declaration of Independence? OKINAWA: Half a Century of American Military Bases & the Okinawan People Tetsuo Maeda, Military journalist Confronting Home-Grown Contradictions: Reflections on Okinawa’s ‘Forty Years Since Reversion" Arakawa Akira Kurayoshi Takara The East Asian Political Situation Always has Defined Okinawa's Situation Community, Resistance and Sustainability in an Okinawan Village: Yomitan Miyume TANJI added: 8-22-10 Futenma-Henoko Action Network FHAN is an international network founded for the joint purposes of closing Futenma Air Station, a US base perilously located in the middle of Ginowan City, Okinawa (pop. 91,363) and preventing the destruction of Okinawa’s cherished Henoko Bay to make way for a new US military air base. The network was founded by teachers, students and others working in the educational field, though we welcome support from all quarters, within Okinawa, Japan, the United States and worldwide. Our network emerged in response to two critical developments: The crash of a US military helicopter from Futenma into an adjacent university campus on August 13, 2004, and the Japan Defense Agency’s construction of drilling platforms in Henoko Bay later the same year. added: 7-7-12 U.S. Military Base Issues on Okinawa Okinawa Prefectural Government, Sept 2011 (.pdf) Suspended in Time: Okinawa's Continuing Struggle Reiko Teshiba (2002) added: 8-23-10 U.S. Military Bases on Okinawa A PLACE OF INTERSECTING MOVEMENTS: “RETURN” MIGRATION AND “HOME” IN THE CONTEXT OF THE “OCCUPATION” OF OKINAWA Doctoral Dissertation by ZULUETA, Johanna O. (pdf download) March 23, 2011 Okinawans Deserve Better Japan Times Online editorial Tuesday, May 15, 2012 40 Years After Reversion added: 5-15-2012 Japanese Historical Reconciliation Should Begin at Home with Okinawa by Somei Kobayashi - June 28, 2013 added 6-30-2013 Okinawa's Future Will Be Decided by Okinawa (The Ryukyu Shimpo - Sept 19, 2015) ClickOkinawa.com 1996-2019 S.A. Mick McClary - Great Falls, MT