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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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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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Novel: ”Henoko Bar, Stars and Stripes” Chapter...
The novel is based on this issue and my own experience. In Henoko, Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture, shaken by the issue of the construction of a new U.S. military base, a female singer time slips to the time in the midst of the Vietnam War. What is the Henoko New Base Issue? What was... Read more ...
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Film ”Platoon” America is no longer the police...
Academy winning film (1986) directed by Oliver Stone. A young American boy joined the military force combatting in South Vietnam, and witnessed the hell including division within the comrades. Although it gained a good reputation, it wasn't as good as I expected. I liked "Bo... 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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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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Trump is the very American President
The world is shocked by white supremacists' march and subsequent terror attack to its counterprotestors in Charlottesville, Virginia, and President Trump's response to the incident. To me, it was the same day I participated in a peace march protected by the police force and met with nation... 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 ...