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Dear US Government re: request for stopping the...
Dear US President Biden, Congressmembers, Senators and other decision makers of the issue, My name is MASAGATA, a Japanese man living in Tokyo. I used to study at San Francisco State University, where I majored in International Relations. I am now working as a translator using the... Read more ...
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Is MacArthur a parent who gave birth to Japan’s...
Last Sunday I visited Atsugi Air Base in Kanagawa prefecture, an hour train ride from Tokyo. The place is jointly used by both US and Japanese forces. There was an event to exhibit the aircrafts and associate with servicemembers working there. Near the entrance I saw a very pecul... Read more ...
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Dear US Government re: request for stopping...
Update version of the following letter is posted on June 11, 2024 adding latest information. Please move to this letter instead of the below. Dear US President Biden, Congressmembers, Senators and other decision makers of the issue, My name is MASAG... Read more ...
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Dear US Congressmembers and Senator Re:Okinawa...
Rep. Don Bacon, Rep. Ruben Gallego, Rep. Seth Moulton, Rep. Jack Bergman, Rep. Steve Womack, and Senator Marsha Blackburn, who met Mr. Denny Tamaki, governor of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and discussed Okinawa USMC new base construction issue in third week of October 2019 My name is M... Read more ...
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Documentary “A Bold Peace”, why Costa Rica...
Japanese pacifists sing praises for Costa Rica’s disarmament. According to the documentary “A Bold Peace,” the nation abolished national army in 1948, the same period Japan announced current constitution which states disarmament. Japan was actually forced to do so by US occupational forc... Read more ...
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Dear US Ambassador to Japan, regarding Okinawa...
I sent a letter to US Ambassador to Japan, Mr. Bill Hagerty today. It should be handed to him next Monday hopelly. The below is what I wrote to him. Dear Mr. Ambassador Hagerty, June 24, 2018 My name is MASAGATA, a Japanese man living in Tokyo. I used to study at San Franci... Read more ...
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US Marine Osprey crashed in Okinawa, Japan!...
An osprey (helo-plane type flying vehicle) crashed on the coast of Nago city, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, Dec 13. A major accident finally occurred 4 years after deployment in Okinawa. That was in fact, anticipated 4 years ago. Read this post . The crash site was near the US Marine Camp Schw... Read more ...
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Okinawans are Rosa Parks and LIBERTARIAN
I stayed in Takae district, Higashi village in Okinawa Prefecture last week. I have been there more than 10 times in last 7 years. Okinawa is southernmost prefecture, 3 hour flight from Tokyo, which is tropical and whose population is 1.4 million. It is like Hawaii or Guam in the U... Read more ...
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US Marine helipad construction drives precious...
It is happening in Takae district, Higashi Village, Okinawa Island Prefecture, southernmost tropical region in JAPAN. The population of the prefecture is about 1.4 million. 3 hour flight from Tokyo. Kind of remote from main 4 islands of Japan. It is like Hawaii in U.S.  ... Read more ...
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Film ”Pride” The oppressed united
I just happened to know this film while participating in Tokyo Pride Parade event. It was British movie. The Japanese title was "Parade e Yokoso (Welcome to the Parade)" The story is based on facts. In 1980's coal miners did strike against Thatcher adminisitration's policy to close down un... Read more ...